What Police and Poor Communities Really Think of Each Other [CityLab.com]
There’s a long and complicated narrative of black communities in America finding ways to support law enforcement, even as the law is enforced unequally to their disadvantage. A unique new study from the Urban Institute provides a vivid portrait of how these conflicting feelings sort themselves out. “ How Do People in High-Crime, Low-Income Communities View the Police? ” asks a difficult question, and comes up with some answers that many might find surprising. On one hand, large percentages...