* This category includes people with various shades of brown skin. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), brown-skinned people ('pardos') are Brazilians with mixed ethnic ancestry.
The original question posed was "thinking of the Brazilian police, with which of these sentences you agree the most - 'The police is dangerous for people like me'". The wording used in this stat may slightly differ from the original.
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Brazil: perceptions on the police as a personal threat 2020, by ethnicity
As of June 2020, more than half of black people in Brazil perceived the police as a personal threat to people like them, according to a survey conducted in the country. In contrast, less than ** percent of white respondents in the South American country had the same perception.
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Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil). (July 8, 2020). Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil). "Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity ." Chart. July 8, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 03, 2026. /statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil). (2020). Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity . ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 03, 2026. /statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil). "Share of People Who Believe The Police Poses a Personal Threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by Ethnicity ." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 8 Jul 2020, /statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil), Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/ (last visited August 03, 2026)
Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity [Graph], Instituto Locomotiva (Brazil), July 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1182031/perceptions-police-personal-threat-ethnicity-brazil/
