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(30,439 posts) Wed Dec 10, 2014, 04:59 PM Dec 2014

White People More Confident Than Ever That Police Treat Black People Fairly [View all]

Most White People Are Really Confident Their Local Police Treat Races Equally
By Ariel Edwards-Levy

Most white Americans think their police departments treat black and white people equally -- and some polling suggests recent events have left them more sure than ever.

An NBC/Marist poll released Sunday found that 52 percent of whites, compared with just 12 percent of blacks, have a great deal of confidence that police officers in their community treat blacks and whites equally. More broadly, 82 percent of blacks, and just 39 percent of whites, say law enforcement applies different standards to whites and blacks.

As The Washington Post's Scott Clement notes, while black Americans' ratings haven't changed all that much from past surveys, white confidence in officers' fairness appears to have actually grown 11 points from what was found in a September NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. It's now higher than it's been in six different surveys conducted by other pollsters, dating back to 1995

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/10/white-police-poll_n_6302614.html

What's up with white people? Allergic to statistics perhaps?

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White People More Confident Than Ever That Police Treat Black People Fairly [View all] Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 OP

big kick and rec! nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #1

Thanks! Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #3

How is this even possible? etherealtruth Dec 2014 #2

Yup. White people see this as blacks complaining about NOTHING. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #35

The flood of denial here might just beat hifiguy Dec 2014 #4

Clich� quote: Quasimodem Dec 2014 #28

This is completely unsurprising ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #5

Yup Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #7

Blindness. xfundy Dec 2014 #6

when even sites like this with people trying to out liberal each other JI7 Dec 2014 #8

The police and the corporate media work hand in hand. 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #9

"police officers in THEIR community treat blacks and whites equally" could be the problem because, uppityperson Dec 2014 #10

Same as people hating Congress but voting for the incumbent starroute Dec 2014 #16

Some of them Jamaal510 Dec 2014 #11

9 out of 10 blacks say cops don't treat blacks fairly, you can't get 9 out of 10 people ... uponit7771 Dec 2014 #12

willful ignorance. n/t gollygee Dec 2014 #13

I was sure this had to be a headline from The Onion. When even KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #14

That was exactly my reaction! RufusTFirefly Dec 2014 #34

My money was on the "Borowitz Report", but I think we're thinking bullwinkle428 Dec 2014 #47

Talk about none so blind... malthaussen Dec 2014 #15

Those white people look at the above stat of shootings by race and see their fear of young Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #17

Being able to confidently hold this kind of uninformed opinion is another perk of white privilege. marble falls Dec 2014 #18

That's pretty amazing...and scary... joeybee12 Dec 2014 #19

The for profit prison system... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #20

Totally disgusting, but... ybbor Dec 2014 #21

What The Ever-Lovin' Eff? Arugula Latte Dec 2014 #22

I believe this is called "doublethink" Dopers_Greed Dec 2014 #23

That honestly smells like RW agitprop to me. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #24

Good for you! n/t marym625 Dec 2014 #50

Take it away, Doobies! Derek V Dec 2014 #25

Deliberate Blindness to What You Don't Want to Be True daredtowork Dec 2014 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author winterwar Dec 2014 #29

Not this white person AnnieBW Dec 2014 #30

Not this white person. Brigid Dec 2014 #31

Delusions arise in the face of inconvenient truths. polichick Dec 2014 #32

Well, white americans are delusional about... americannightmare Dec 2014 #33

And, which "white people" did they ask? the "I am Darren Willson and Daniel Panteleo" crowd? Cha Dec 2014 #36

That picture that is posted santroy79 Dec 2014 #37

They treat folks quite equally here. Glassunion Dec 2014 #38

I know people will hate this santroy79 Dec 2014 #39

you got links for all this ? steve2470 Dec 2014 #40

Nice, ahem, rally-the-troops post in that other thread. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #49

Amazing how that works.... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #42

+1000000000000000000 nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #43

did you read the stats? santroy79 Dec 2014 #52

I notice you switched from 'race' as the basis to 'poverty'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #55

People will "hate" it because it's from that Woo "American Free Press" site. MADem Dec 2014 #44

So let's say all that's correct - it may mean they were policed more, and that raises a real jtuck004 Dec 2014 #45

Why would people hate this? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #48

Of Course. NOLALady Dec 2014 #51

that statement makes no sense santroy79 Dec 2014 #53

Your chances of getting shot or arrested NOLALady Dec 2014 #57

They lie! They know it isn't true but are more confident in lying about it since the lies prevail kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #41

Talking to folks around here in a very conservative area FLPanhandle Dec 2014 #46

A shame. sofa king Dec 2014 #54

Is that graphic made up? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #56