Views On Justice System’s Fairness Increasingly Divided By Race, Poll Finds
Posted in: Today's ChiliPerceptions of the fairness of the U.S. justice system increasingly break down along racial lines, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.
In the poll, taken days after George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin, 68 percent of blacks, but just 25 percent of whites, say the American justice system is biased against black people.
“Although data … before the Zimmerman verdict was announced — show that in a number of instances, blacks have become more positive about the status of race relations in this country, that is apparently not the case in terms of whether the justice system in this country is biased against blacks,” wrote Frank Newport, Gallup’s editor-in-chief.
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