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| DATE | 2020-07-02 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] A ray of hope about the Police
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Majority of New Yorkers Oppose Cuts to Police Funding, Poll Shows
Jimmy Vielkind
4-5 minutes
ALBANY, N.Y.A majority of New York state voters dont support reducing
funding for police departments, even as they agree the recent killings
of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks are part of a pattern of excessive
police violence toward Black people, a poll released Tuesday shows.
Mr. Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man, was killed while in police custody
on May 25. Mr. Brooks, a Black man, was fatally shot by Atlanta police
officers on June 12. The killings have spurred nationwide protests over
police brutality and racism.
The poll, by Siena College Research Institute, found broad variations in
respondents attitudes on police issues depending on demographic factors
like geography, race and political affiliation.
Ninety-one percent of Black respondents said they believed there was a
pattern of excessive police violence, while 9% said the killings of
Messrs. Floyd and Brooks were tragic, isolated instances. Forty percent
of white respondents agreed with the latter statement. while 53% of the
white voters surveyed last week said they were part of a pattern.
The poll found 57% of the 806 voters surveyed opposed reducing funding
for police departments, and 60% said in response to a separate question
that they opposed defunding police. Opposition to reducing funding for
police was higher in upstate areas and the suburbs of New York City; 51%
of respondents from New York City said they supported reducing police
funding.
Why Policy Division and Politics Make a Police Reform Bill Unlikely
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Why Policy Division and Politics Make a Police Reform Bill Unlikely
Why Policy Division and Politics Make a Police Reform Bill Unlikely
Despite Republicans and Democrats both being keen to pass some form of
police reform legislation, they are yet to come to an agreement. WSJs
Gerald F. Seib explains why the political climate is weighing on the
chances they will come together.
Defund the police has been a rallying cry at many demonstrations across
the U.S., and lawmakers in New York City are considering a new budget
that would reduce the New York Police Departments budget.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday he was willing to shift
$1 billion from the Police Departments $6 billion budget to other city
agencies. He also said he wanted the city to reallocate $500 million
from the NYPDs capital budget and put the money toward building youth
centers and other facilities at public-housing developments.
New York state lawmakers earlier in June enacted laws to criminalize the
use of chokeholds by police, to designate the attorney general to
investigate and potentially prosecute instances where a civilian dies at
the hands of police and to allow citizens to access disciplinary records
of public safety officers.
The poll found broad support for these measures80% of those surveyed
said they were good for the stateas well as agreement on several
policies that are being considered by Congress.
At least 70 percent of Democrats, Republicans, independents, Blacks,
Latinos, and whites agree on each of three police reforms: creating a
national database of police misconduct; a federal law banning chokeholds
by police; and, having mental-health professionals respond with police
on calls involving homelessness, drug addiction or mental health, poll
spokesman Steven Greenberg said.
The poll, which was conducted by phone from June 23 to 25, has a margin
of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
Write to Jimmy Vielkind at Jimmy.Vielkind-at-wsj.com
Copyright 2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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