A majority of Americans expressed support for the wave of protests that erupted in more than 700 American cities in all 50 states, condemning the practices of white policemen against blacks after the murder of George Floyd three weeks ago.

Democrats, Republicans, and independents participated in the demonstrations, and the protests spread from states that President Donald Trump overthrew in the 2016 elections, such as Louisiana and Texas, to states in which Trump was defeated with apparent ease, such as New York and California.

An opinion poll, conducted by the Washington Post last week on 1,004 Americans, showed the support of an overwhelming majority of Americans for protests against what was described as police brutality and racism after George Floyd's dismissal three weeks ago, by white policemen in Minnesota, while 64% of Respondents expressed their rejection of the way Trump handled the incident and its consequences.

“No justice no peace” protest in #NewYork for the death of #GeorgeFloyd crossing #centralpark thoug 79th st #BlackLivesMattters pic.twitter.com/eCcH4uBsIc

- Jorge Ayala News (@jorgeayalanews) June 7, 2020

69% of the respondents indicated that the killing of Floyd confirms a real racist crisis among the police, and this percentage increased from that in 2014 after the killing of Michael Brown, the unarmed black man in Ferguson, Missouri, when 43% of Americans expressed a real racist crisis between individuals the police.

The percentage of supporters among whites due to the presence of a racist crisis rose significantly by 33%.

Party support
varied, and support rates for the protest demonstrations that erupted in hundreds of American cities varied according to party affiliation. While support among Democrats was 87%, supporters reached 53% among Republicans, and 76% among independents.

A Stanford University survey of protesters in three cities - Washington, New York, and Los Angeles - indicates that "the vast majority of the protesters were white, educated, young, and recently graduated college students."

The study indicated that the percentage of white demonstrators in New York City was 61%, while in Washington it reached 65% and the percentage in Los Angeles reached 53%.

The participation of whites was not limited to demonstrating, as the study revealed to the white youth talk to a large extent about their black friends of their families and neighbors.

This neighborhood protest is the best thing I've seen 💜 #hope pic.twitter.com/CtfhhZFbTu

- Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) June 13, 2020

Professor of political science at Stanford University, Hakim Jefferson, praised the demonstration activities that "brought together white demonstrators next to blacks in the same demonstration, which does not happen in normal circumstances, as the two parties live in faraway areas."

Whites support for black rights.
Public opinion polls related to the recent demonstrations have shown a significant shift in the American public opinion towards the issue of white police racism against black men.

According to Andrew Engelhart, PhD researcher at Brown University, "There has become a sudden and sudden transformation, as liberal white youths lead the American public, and a lot of sympathy for American blacks is associated with that."

Stanford University researchers indicated that more than three quarters of the white protesters were under 34 years of age, and 82% of them had completed university education.

Powerful protests happening all across Brooklyn today. #SayHisNameGeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #BLM pic.twitter.com/QGztu3xvVd

- ✨✨ L (@Lomarley_) June 7, 2020

The brutality of the murder of George Floyd and the broadcast of her video prompted an increasing awareness of the depths and complexities of the racist crisis toward blacks by growing groups of American society.

Survey research monitoring the demonstrations inside the United States conducted by Harvard and Connecticut Universities indicates that since Trump came to power in 2017, the total number of demonstrators has reached 27 million on several occasions, starting with his inauguration, women's movement demonstrations, and demonstrations against police brutality.

On the other hand, a poll conducted by Monmouth University indicated that 71% of white Americans considered that racism and discrimination against blacks was a major and real problem within the United States. The poll was conducted on 807 Americans, by telephone, during the first week of this month.

Since the media does not want to show you this side of protests, here you go x #BlakeLivesMatter #blm #NoJusticeNoPeace pic.twitter.com/i7bBKorn0a

- Bmunii🇬🇭💕 (@ Bereniceeee2) June 9, 2020

While an extensive poll conducted by the Pew Research Institute on 9,654 Americans - during the period from 4 to 10 of this month - revealed that there are several factors that prompted white people to demonstrate in support of black rights and against the racism of white police officers.

On top of these factors was the method of killing George Floyd, while tension in minority relations and the police was another motive to demonstrate, and the way the police dealt with blacks came third in the factors that prompted whites to demonstrate.

And 67% of Americans expressed their support for the "Blacks Life is Important" movement, as that percentage among blacks reached 86%, while whites only 60%.