Thin Blue Line: The Effect of Racial Attitudes on Perceptions of Police

Research on racial attitudes and public perceptions of the police have generally been limited to examining the effect of animus toward Black Americans, (i.e., racial resentment). Many of these studies have not examined a set of distinct racial attitudes (e.g., racial sympathy, White nationalism) and their effects on general orientations toward police. Considering recent social justice movements that have spurred extensive discussions about police reform and equity in the criminal justice system,