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Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Young Adults View the Criminal Justice System Very Differently After Ferguson

Author:     GERMAN LOPEZ
Source:     Vox
Publication Date:     September 23, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET
 Link: Young Adults View the Criminal Justice System Very Differently After Ferguson
Stephan:   The almost daily questionable killings of civilians, particularly people of color, by the police is undermining our population's assessment of law enforcement. Personally I would never call the police for fear that involving them could well end up with an innocent dead by a policeman's bullet. But what is particularly alarming is that young people all over the country are coming to see the police as a problem not a solution, as this report outlines. This is dangerous ground for a democracy. Click through to see the charts.
Source: Public Religion Research Institute, American Values Survey, September 2014; PRRI Religion & Politics Tracking Poll 2013

Source: Public Religion Research Institute, American Values Survey, September 2014; PRRI Religion & Politics Tracking Poll 2013

A majority of Americans no longer believe the criminal justice system treats people of all races equally, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute. As Mic.com news director Jared Keller pointed out in a tweet, the change from 2013 and 2014 shows the possible policy implications of the August 9 shooting of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, which led to weeks of tense protests and national media attention in the St. Louis suburb. The shift could also have been influenced by the death of Eric Garner at the hands of a New York City Police officer in July.

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The poll’s findings apply across the board. While young adults saw the most dramatic shift toward acknowledging racial disparities in the criminal justice system, everyone else – seniors and Republicans included – saw […]

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