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Why is the US monitoring protesters with planes? 3:12
(CNN) - About two-thirds support the recent Black Lives Matter movement protests over police brutality and discrimination in the United States, and there is agreement on a wide variety of proposals on how to reform the nation's Police Departments, polls show recent.
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Thursday found that 64% of Americans supported recent protests against police violence, including 86% of Democrats, 67% of independents, and 36% of the Republicans. Support for the protests is seen across racial lines, with 84% of blacks, 64% of Hispanics, and 61% of whites supporting them.
- What is the Black Lives Matter movement and why was it created?
A Quinnipiac University poll, released Wednesday, found that 67% of registered voters supported the protests in response to "the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police."
Floyd's murder last month sparked protests across the country over police brutality and racism against black Americans. A Pew Research poll last week found that 67% of Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement.
According to the Quinnipiac University survey, a clear majority (55%) believe that the protests will lead to significant reform. That includes 76% of Democrats, 53% of independents, and 34% of Republicans.
There is widespread support for the protests and the movement as a whole, and a majority supports every proposal suggested in the Kaiser Family Foundation poll, with some key partisan differences.
- These were ordinary things these black Americans were doing when the police killed them
More than 9 out of 10 (95%) support the police intervening and stopping the excessive force of other officers, and 89% support the police giving a verbal warning while shooting. Another 76% support requiring states to release disciplinary records for law enforcement, and 74% support allowing individuals to sue police officers if they were subjected to excessive force. About two-thirds (68%) support the prohibition of the use of hitches by suffocation for agents and 52% support the prohibition of orders to enter without touching (an order issued by a court that allows agents to enter a property without immediate prior notice from residents, such as ringing or ringing the doorbell.)
One of the deaths Black Lives Matter is protesting is that of Breonna Taylor, who died in her home when, untouched, police officers entered her home and shot her in her sleep.
Majorities across all party lines support each proposal, except for the ban on knock-in orders, with 34% of Republicans supporting the proposal, 56% of independents, and 65% of Democrats.
Quinnipiac's poll found a similar number in support of the ban on the use of neck restraints. A majority (54%) oppose cutting some funds from the Police Departments in their community and transferring them to social services compared to 41% who support the change in resources.
Voters are more police-friendly in their community than police in general in Quinnipiac's poll, with 77% approving of how the police are doing their job in their communities, compared to 49% approving of the job of the police in general. The proportion of those who say they approve of police work has dropped dramatically since April 2018, when 65% of voters approved of the way the police were doing their job.
One in 10 Americans says they have attended a protest against police violence or in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in recent months, according to the Kaiser survey. Protesters are more likely to be young, college educated adults. About half (52%) of people between the ages of 18 and 29 report having attended a protest in recent months, and 53% of people with a college degree say the same thing.
Both independents (46%) and Democrats (42%) report that they attended the protest in relatively high numbers, while 6% of Republicans say they have protested in support of Black Lives Matter.
Video shows police officer targeting young black 2:35More than half of Americans (56%) are concerned that recent protests could lead to an increase in coronavirus cases, according to Kaiser. Democrats are more likely to express concern about an increase in cases, 73% of Democrats are concerned, compared to 56% of independents and 37% of Republicans.
The Kaiser Family Foundation survey was conducted June 8-14, among a random national sample of 1,296 adults, who were contacted by landline or cell phone by a live interviewer. The results for the complete sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted June 11-15 among a random national sample of 1,332 registered voters contacted by landline or cell phone by a live interviewer. The results for the entire sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.
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