After dipping to a new low last year following the George Floyd killing, Black Americans’ confidence in the police has mostly recovered but remains low. Currently, 27% of Black adults in the U.S. say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the police, up from 18% in 2020 but similar to the levels seen between 2014 and 2019.
Meanwhile, White Americans’ confidence in police is unchanged from a year ago and lower than it had been before the Floyd incident. CONTINUED
Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup
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