from Pew Research:
Black Americans’ views on systemic change
When it comes to how Black people are treated in the United States, most Black adults think several major U.S. institutions need large-scale changes to ensure fairness. They are particularly critical of various aspects of the criminal justice system, including policing, prisons and the courts. Despite this criticism, the majority of Black adults want funding for police departments in their communities to stay the same or increase. The survey also shows that while Black adults want these systems to change for the better, few think such improvements are likely.
Black adults say the criminal justice system needs to be completely rebuilt
Bar chart showing about half of Black adults say policing, prison system and judicial process need to be completely rebuilt
Nearly nine-in-ten Black adults say policing (87%), the courts and judicial process (86%), and the prison system (86%) require major changes or need to be completely rebuilt for Black people to be treated fairly. Only around one-in-ten Black adults say that each system requires minor changes or no changes at all. Black adults differ by age, education, income, party, voter status and their views about racism on the kinds of changes they would like to see.
Policing
Nearly nine-in-ten Black adults (87%) say policing needs large-scale changes for Black people to be treated fairly: 38% say it needs major changes, and about half (49%) of Black adults say that policing needs to be completely rebuilt. Only 11% say policing needs few or no changes for Black people to be treated fairly. (For details, see supplemental tables.)
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