The results from these surveys were not surprising. It was either a large percentage of White people having absolute confidence in law enforcement, or a large percentage of Black people having low confidence in law enforcement. Other means of surveys were taken from the internet. People would post in a chatroom either fitting in these four themes: 1) contempt for law enforcement, distinction between firefighters, EMT workers and law enforcement, 2) suspicion of law enforcement, feeling that some may working to hurt people or are the bad guys themselves, 3) law enforcement as agents of brutality, use their status as an excuse to use brute force, and 4) respect for law enforcement, law enforcement have good intentions regarding the citizens they are protecting. Theme one only resulted in .14%, theme two .22%, theme three .44%, and theme four .40%, and these were collected by specific words, such as “douchebag,” the commenters would use. The paper indirectly states that society is
The results from these surveys were not surprising. It was either a large percentage of White people having absolute confidence in law enforcement, or a large percentage of Black people having low confidence in law enforcement. Other means of surveys were taken from the internet. People would post in a chatroom either fitting in these four themes: 1) contempt for law enforcement, distinction between firefighters, EMT workers and law enforcement, 2) suspicion of law enforcement, feeling that some may working to hurt people or are the bad guys themselves, 3) law enforcement as agents of brutality, use their status as an excuse to use brute force, and 4) respect for law enforcement, law enforcement have good intentions regarding the citizens they are protecting. Theme one only resulted in .14%, theme two .22%, theme three .44%, and theme four .40%, and these were collected by specific words, such as “douchebag,” the commenters would use. The paper indirectly states that society is