Poll: Chicagoans are fed up
Friday, May 6, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller
* From a New York Times poll of Chicagoans…
Fifty-nine percent of residents citywide support the decision [by the Chicago Teachers Union] to strike, and that soars to almost three-quarters among African-American parents living with children.
* Also…
Nearly half of all parents living with children said they would like to leave Chicago.
* And…
(O)nly one-third of residents say the police are doing a good job. Nearly six in 10 think officers are not punished harshly enough in cases of excessive force. And a majority of residents believe the police are more likely to use deadly force against black people and that African-Americans and Latinos are usually treated unfairly by the city’s criminal justice system.
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