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Poll: How Do Americans Feel Now About Changing Military Base Names, Reparations, Chokeholds?

John Bickley
Poll: How Do Americans Feel Now About Changing Military Base Names, Reparations, Chokeholds?
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A new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday found that a majority of Americans oppose the idea of renaming U.S. military bases named after Confederate leaders, a vast majority still oppose paying reparations to descendants of slaves, and a strong majority support banning police use of chokeholds.

The new study comes amid heightened calls for the removal of Confederate statues and the renaming of military bases, as well as a growing “Defund the Police” movement that includes demands for radical police reform and even the outright “abolishing” of departments.

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