Older Blacks More Open to Police Searches % of blacks
Recent survey data from the Pew Research Center suggest that there is a sharp divide between younger and older blacks on the issue of police searches. Older blacks (those ages 60 and older) are evenly split when it comes to what tactics the police should use in pursuing crime suspects. Some 46% say the police should be allowed to stop and search anyone who fits the general description of a crime suspect, while roughly the same share (50%) say the police should not be able to search people just because they think they look suspicious.
Older Blacks More Open to Police  | Searches  | % of blacks  | Percent saying police should  | Should be allowed  | Not be fable to  | to search anyone  | search people  | who fits the  | just beca use they  | description fooa  | look suspicious  | crime suspect  | All bla cks  | 66  | 33  | Youngerthan 40  | 70  | 29  | 40-59  | 31  | 68  | 60 and older  | 50  | 46  | All whites  | 53  | 44  | Youngerthan 40  | 63  | 36  | 40-59  | 49  | 48  | 60 and older  | 46  | 48  | Note Sample size for blacks ages 60 and olderis 90 cases  | Volunteered responses of "Neither/ Both equally" and Don't  | know/ Refused notshown Whites and blacks are non-Hispanic.  | Source Pew Research whites) Survey, Feb27-Mar 16 2014 (n=337  | blacks 2, 398 whites)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 