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Over the weekend, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen was shot and killed<\/a> by a police officer in a St. Louis, Missouri, suburb. Following the shooting, the predominately black city of Ferguson erupted into protests<\/a>, prompting U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a federal investigation<\/a> into the incident.<\/p>\n\n

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The shooting comes only weeks after the New York City Police Department was criticized<\/a> for subduing a black man who later died in police custody. Both deaths have led to questions of whether discriminatory practices contributed to these incidents.<\/p>\n\n

Blacks are much more likely than whites to say that blacks faced unfair treatment in dealing with police or in the courts, according to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. And blacks perceived racial biases to be greater in the criminal justice system than in other institutions.<\/p>\n\n

Seven-in-ten blacks said that blacks in their community were treated less fairly than whites in dealings with the police. In comparison, 37% of whites and 51% of Hispanics held that view. Also, 68% of blacks said that the court system was unfair to blacks, far more than whites (27%) or Hispanics (40%).<\/p>\n\n

While half or more\u00a0blacks said that blacks were treated less fairly than whites at work (54%) or at school (51%), those are still smaller percentages when compared with perceptions of unfair treatment by police or in the court system.<\/p>\n\n

Additionally, younger black men are more likely to report unjust treatment by the police. Nearly one-quarter of black males ages 18-34 said they had been treated unfairly by the police in the last 30 days, according to a Gallup poll<\/a> conducted June to July 2013. This represents a similar\u00a0percentage with\u00a0those 35-54 (22%), but double the rate cited for\u00a0those 55 and older (11%).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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