6 in 10 favor doing more to hold police accountable

Confidence that police in the United States are adequately trained to avoid using excessive force reached a new low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, and 60% of Americans say the country should do more to hold police accountable for mistreatment of Black people.

More broadly, 63% say Black people and other minorities do not receive equal treatment as whites in the criminal justice system — off its peak, 69%, last July, but the next highest in polls dating to 1988. That includes a majority of white people for only the second time. CONTINUED

Gary Langer, ABC News


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