After recent viral incidents of 911 calls being made against black people who were committing no crime, some have argued that making these phone calls should be considered filing false police reports, which is against the law. Should or should not people who made these phone calls be charged with filing a false police report?

Conducted

May 17, 2018

8432 US adults surveyed

Conducted May 17, 2018

YouGov surveyed 8432 US adults

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Region

Gender

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Should

66%

Should not

14%

Other/Not sure

20%

Conducted May 17, 2018

YouGov surveyed 8432 US adults

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Should not

14%

Other/Not sure

20%

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