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The following are results from a Los .Angeles 'l'imes Poll of 910 adult
Los Angeles city residents contacted by teleplwne March 20 and 21. ·
• How common do you think racist feellnes are amon1 Los AneeJea City
pollee offl~ers? ·
AI City
RHicltntl An&lol llackl LatiDol
v Very common 28% 19% 37% 38%
Fairly common 37% 38% 37% 38%
Fairly uncommon 19% 22% 15% 15%
v Very uncommon 5% 5% ·5% 4%
·!"' Don't know: ·ll CJ6 16% 6% 5%
• Generally speaklnc, do you think the problems of misconduct on the part
of the LAPD are due more to the policies of those who run the department
or more to the bellefi and personalities of the averace pollee offlcef1
... Dept. leadership
v Officers' beliefs
and personalities
v Oon'tknow
AI City
htlcllnts
29%
58%
13%
23%
65%
12%
35%
49%
16%
36%
51 CJ6
13%
• If Pollee Chief Daryl Cates were to reslp or be removed from office,
would that have a positive effect on the way LAPD does Its job, a ne~ttlve
effect, or would It not have much effect one way or the other?
...., Positive
v Not much effect
v Negative
v Oon'tknow
AI City
lltslcllftt1 .,.,. lllclcs utMol
·'' 38%
33%
20%
9%
31%
39% .
24%
6%
51 CJ6
32%
9%
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• Do you think Pollee Chief Da~ Gates Is a racist, or Is h~ not 1 racist?
v Racist
v Not a racist
~ Oon'tknow
41 CJ6
30%
19%
10%
Allctt)'
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. 36%
39%
25%
22%
50%
28%
49%
21 CJ6
30%
50%
31%
19%
The following -compares respQfl8es from a 'l'ime.s Poll cond:ucteq
March 7 and 8 to responses from the March 20·21 poll.
• Pollee Chief Daryl Gates lhoukt:
AI City
.htlcllnts .....
lllclcs
Llllnol
Resign immediately over the King Incident
., Now 11% 25% 40% 37%
...., March 7-8 13% 9% 18% 17%
Resign If investlgatlot:t proves police wrongdoing
v Now 31% 27% 30% 17%
., March 7-8 27% 24% 32% 32%
Should not resign 'over the lnclclent
., Now 32% 45% 21% 20%
,... March 7-8 48% 59% 43% 35%
Don't knOw
v Now 8% 1%
8%
., March 7-8 12% 8%. 7% 16%
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