Confidence in police rebounds to 25-year high

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More Americans say they have “a great deal of confidence” or “quite a lot of confidence” in law enforcement, reversing a downward trend that occurred in 2015 in the wake of several police shootings of unarmed blacks.

Gallup’s latest survey finds overall confidence in law enforcement has returned to its 25-year average high of 57 percent.

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