It's because of all the video
by digby
Not just police cameras but phones everywhere that document this stuff and put it on the internet:
But still:
[T]he poll's findings show that despite the drop in satisfaction in the past two years, a majority (53 percent) of white Americans are satisfied with how black people are treated in the US. That stands in sharp contrast to black Americans, 33 percent of whom say they're satisfied with how black people are treated. So there's still a big gap in how people of different races view the treatment of black people.
Nonetheless, this change does mean that there's a chance for reform. At long last. Because we can see it happening with our own eyes. It shouldn't require that after everything we know about our history but there you have it.
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