As of June 2020, more than half of black people in Brazil perceived the police as a personal threat to people like them, according to a survey conducted in the country. In contrast, less than 20 percent of white respondents in the South American country had the same perception.
Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity
* This category includes people with various shades of brown skin. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), brown-skinned people ('pardos') are Brazilians with mixed ethnic ancestry.
The original question posed was "thinking of the Brazilian police, with which of these sentences you agree the most - 'The police is dangerous for people like me'". The wording used in this stat may slightly differ from the original.
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Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil). (July 8, 2020). Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 01, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil). "Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity ." Chart. July 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 01, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil). (2020). Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 01, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil). "Share of People Who Believe The Police Poses a Personal Threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by Ethnicity ." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil), Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/ (last visited July 01, 2022)
