MOSCOW, December 2 (Sputnik) — The grand jury decision on the killing of the African-American teenager, Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri has divided Americans almost evenly, a poll conducted by Langer Research Associates claims.
"Overall, 48 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll approve and 45 percent disapprove of the grand jury's decision not to bring criminal charges against police officer Darren Wilson," a release published Monday on the website of Langer Research read.
While 58 percent of white Americans favor the last week's grand jury decision, 85 percent of African-Americans said they oppose the judgment. The same number of African-Americans also agreed that civil rights charges should be pressed against Wilson.
Hispanics that also constitute a large racial and ethnic minority in the United States also disapprove of the grand jury decision according to the poll. Only 32 percent of them said that they approved of the judgment.
The grand jury rendered a no-indictment decision last week against Darren Wilson, who shot dead unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson in August. The decision resulted in a new wave of protests that swept through 180 cities and 38 states in the United States.
