Race and Policing

Racial disparity is particularly notable in matters of policing after a number of high-profile killings of blacks by police officers over the past year. While most blacks say the police in their communities make them feel safe, blacks are more than twice as likely as whites to say the police make them feel mostly anxious. Blacks are eight times as likely as whites to say they have been stopped by the police because of their race, and almost two-thirds of black men report having been racially profiled by the police.