Black Americans’ perceptions about police have grown slightly more favorable in recent years, though they remain below the national average, according to new polling.
In a Gallup survey released on May 23, Black respondents expressed more positive views about local police — including on satisfaction in community relations and expectations of treatment — as compared to earlier this decade.
The poll comes five years after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of second- and third-degree murder. Floyd’s death sparked nationwide racial justice protests, the largest since the Civil Rights era.
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