Gallup: 81% of Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence
This is fascinating because I am myself half black, lived in many communities of mixed demographics and never once heard a friend (of any race) say they want more police at all, ever.<p>I guess I also don&#x27;t know anybody who has done a gallup poll or anybody that knows anybody who has ever done a gallup poll in their lives so who knows?<p>Edit: I don&#x27;t know how or where these are conducted, or their exact phrasing of their questions, but I&#x27;m very curious about that.<p>Because, some rural areas in America have a &quot;posse&quot; system where volunteers get to ride around armed, sometimes outfitted (by taxpayer money)  with bulletproof vests and big stickers for their cars showing their semi-official affiliation with the police (or sheriff&#x27;s department). On the record, they&#x27;re only supposed to observe or report yet in practice I&#x27;d question why it&#x27;s crucial in some places to outfit posses with bulletproof through taxpayer money in that case, especially in places that have a very low crime rate?<p>I only bring this up because if I wanted to tilt a poll, I&#x27;d ask folks in areas where this is a possibility, where asking about a reduction in police force implies an increase in these somewhat-sanctioned vigilantes. You wouldn&#x27;t even have to include it in the question, you&#x27;d just have to ask somebody standing in the right spot.