A “shocking” new poll revealed that the NYPD favors whites over blacks.
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According to a poll conducted by the New York Times, 80 percent of blacks say the police favor one race over the other, while 48 percent of white residents agree.
As reported by the NYT:
Concern about police favoritism comes at a time of intensified scrutiny of the department’s extensive practice of stopping, questioning and, in many instances, frisking people on the city’s streets.
Last year, the police made nearly 700,000 stops; about 85 percent of the stops involved blacks or Hispanics.
The poll found that a majority of black residents said the stop-and-frisk tactic had led to the harassment of innocent people, but most white residents viewed the practice as an acceptable way to improve urban safety.
Among all New Yorkers, 48 percent said the tactic was “acceptable to make New York City safer,” while almost as many — 45 percent — deemed the tactic “excessive.”
Opinions about the stop-and-frisk practice are divided by race. Fifty-five percent of whites described the use of the tactic as acceptable; 56 percent of blacks called it excessive. Among Hispanics, 48 percent said it was acceptable, and 44 percent said it was excessive.
Republicans, independents and Queens residents generally support the practice; Democrats and Manhattanites generally deem it excessive.
In all, the poll found that 64 percent of New Yorkers said the police favored one race over the other.
SOURCE: NYT
