How can people who have racist contempt for you "raise your quality of life?" From [HERE] Police issuing summonses and making arrests for low-level offenses improves the quality of life in a neighborhood, 56 percent of New York City voters say, while 35 percent say these police actions add to tensions in a neighborhood, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. 

Police action improves the quality of life, say 49 percent of black voters. That is, 51% or most do not believe that police action improves the quality of life. But at the same time, nearly three-quarters of voters say police brutality is a serious problem, the highest number in more than a decade.