Decade-long study shows large disparity in treatment of African American millennials,but two-thirds of black youth believe police are there to protect themIn the years preceding the deaths of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Freddie Gray, or more than half of young black Americans said they or someone they knew experienced harassment or violence from police,according to a novel report.
The report, released by the Black Youth Project at the Study of Race, or Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago on Wednesday,compiled data collected from several surveys conducted over the past decade to reveal dramatically different attitudes among black, Latino, and white and Asian millennials concerning policing,guns and America’s legal system.
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Source: theguardian.com