* Some background on this poll is here if you need it. Not a good thing…

From the story…

As high as that number is, it’s sharply higher among Black residents, with 85% — more than four out of five — calling police relations negative. Among Hispanic voters, 63% found relations with police negative, and among white voters, 49%.

* As a friend of mine said this morning, you gotta love to see false choices amplified by the news media…

The question leads us nowhere. I mean, people say that relations between the police and the community are negative. Obviously, they don’t want more of that. But, yes, they are sick of the crime and want it reduced. That question doesn’t tell us how. I know I always say voters don’t do nuance, but that doesn’t mean that the news media should be the same way. And when you talk to Chicagoans and read good polls and speak to people who go door to door during campaigns, Chicagoans generally appear to have more nuanced views on crime than the news media.

* Apparently, violence prevention programs didn’t make the pollster’s cut…

* And this question is so broadly worded that you could interpret the results in any number of ways…

Anyway, discuss.