Annales 2022
Pages 427 à 430
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- GUIGO, Pierre-Emmanuel,
- LEVERBE, Judith,
- ROUSSEL, Alexia
- et VANDEPITTE, Florent,
- Coordonné par VANDEPITTE, Florent,
- Guigo, Pierre-Emmanuel.,
- et al.
- Guigo, P.-E.,
- Leverbe, J.,
- Roussel, A.
- et Vandepitte, F.
- Coordonné par F. Vandepitte
https://doi.org/10.3917/dunod.vande.2025.02.0427
Citer ce chapitre
- Guigo, P.-E.,
- Leverbe, J.,
- Roussel, A.
- et Vandepitte, F.
- Coordonné par F. Vandepitte
- Guigo, Pierre-Emmanuel.,
- et al.
- GUIGO, Pierre-Emmanuel,
- LEVERBE, Judith,
- ROUSSEL, Alexia
- et VANDEPITTE, Florent,
- Coordonné par VANDEPITTE, Florent,
https://doi.org/10.3917/dunod.vande.2025.02.0427
DO CHICAGOANS WANT TO ’DEFUND THE POLICE’? IT’S A TALE OF TWO CITIES
(Adapted from The Chicago Tribune, June 15th, 2021)
Kristen Mack, John Palfrey and Will Johnson
As the epicenter of America’s gun violence epidemic, Chicago […] has an opportunity to chart a path on police and policy reform that could serve as a model for the entire nation. To get there, it’s important to understand the confluence of factors undergirding divergent beliefs about how to move forward, and to identify and leverage the aspects of reform upon which diverse constituencies agree.
The Harris Poll and the MacArthur Foundation recently surveyed almost 1,000 Chicagoans to better understand our city’s biggest challenges, particularly regarding public safety. The response from residents portrays a city with […] contradictory feelings toward a police force that it at once supports and wants reformed. The survey reveals a tale of two cities, with respondents’ experiences shaping their attitudes about solutions. […]
Strong majorities oppose reducing neighborhood police presence. […] [However, P]eople of color in Chicago — due to historical negative experiences with law enforcement — do not feel safe or comfortable having a police presence in their neighborhood. Black and Latino residents were twice as likely as white residents to report negative experiences with cops and to display greater anxiety about reporting police misconduct, for fear of retaliation.
Additionally, most Chicagoans understand the disparate impact of policing: 64% (including 66% of Latino residents and 91% of Black residents) believe there is persistent racial bias in the city’s policing practices […]…
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