Dear Friends, As a long-time civil rights advocate, I am deeply pained about the continuation of the distrust of any race against another. We must each take inventory of our own beliefs and consider how our lives would be better-lived if we began to show respect and love for one another. I do hope you will read this and take it to heart. Respectfully, Richard Cobb There is a startling racial divide in America between how whites and nonwhites view police and the criminal justice system, according to a CNN / ORC poll released today. More than half of white Americans - 57% - think none or almost none of the police in their area are prejudiced against blacks. Just one quarter of nonwhite Americans feel the same way. The survey, which was mostly conducted before the shooting of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in New York on Saturday, found similar results on perceptions of the justice system as a whole. While 41% of Americans say the criminal justice system treats blacks fairly, far more whites - 50% - see equity. Among nonwhites, that figure drops to just 21%. Two-thirds of nonwhites said that the criminal justice system favors whites over blacks. Get complete coverage of breaking news on CNN TV, CNN and CNN Mobile.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:40:40 +0000
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