Seventy percent of Americans say race relations are bad

Seventy percent of Americans say race relations are bad, our new poll found. Similar numbers were seen after the Los Angeles riots.

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 6:32 PM EDT

Seventy percent of Americans say race relations are generally bad, one of the highest levels of discord since the 1992 riots in Los Angeles following the Rodney King case, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

The poll, conducted from Friday, the day after the killing of five Dallas police officers, until Tuesday, found that six in 10 Americans say race relations were growing worse, up from 38 percent a year ago.

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