Word: distrust
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...resulted in a verdict of "innocent" when a jury comprised predominantly of minority members found "reasonable doubt" in what had been considered solid police evidence of the defendant's guilt. A panel of six Blacks, four Hispanics and two whites confirmed what legal experts have been saying--that a distrust of police testimony is rising, particularly among Blacks, Hispanics and people who live in poor neighborhoods where suspicion of police misconduct runs high. The defense's selection of minority members to fill the jury produced a greater chance of acquitting an individual who seemed guilty by all accounts and testimony...
...very different. French workers pay 44% of each paycheck to their government to ensure the wide range of family-related services that touch all generations. The relative homogeneity of society and the centralization of government make delivery of those services easier. Americans, who generally pay lower taxes, seem to distrust anything centrally orchestrated in Washington. As a result, the U.S. has no national child-care policy...
...argued that voters should be far more concerned with how a candidate proposes to heal the ailing economy than with "character" issues. Many indeed are, and the Gennifer Flowers episode has apparently settled into a larger perspective. But the draft issue still continues to fuel a widespread distrust of Clinton...
...kinds of encounters with police officers have confirmed many teenagers' longstanding distrust of the police...
...distrust of the police is also exacerbated by cases of mistaken identity. When suspects are described as Black the police are more likely to stop and question, teenagers say. "Some of them get stopped just because they're Black. If the kid fits the description, he's going to be stopped," Detective Franklin says...