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Posted: 2020-10-02T21:12:29Z | Updated: 2020-10-02T21:25:25Z

Roughly 4 in 10 registered voters say the grand jury decision on the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor by police in Kentucky was too lenient on the police, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds. At the same time, the survey finds, levels of concern about police brutality have dipped since June, as has support for the protests such instances have inspired.

A grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, indicted one police officer in the case of the shooting death of Taylor, charging him with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. No charges were filed against the other two police officers who were at the scene the night Taylor was fatally shot. No murder charges were filed against any of the police officers.

A 41% plurality of voters called this result too lenient on the officers, with 28% saying it was about right, 9% saying it was too harsh, and the remainder unsure. Only 21% of voters say they were following the story about these charges very closely, with just shy of 60% saying they were following it at least somewhat closely.

When the death of George Floyd brought protesters to the streets in June, they were greeted by an unusual wave of public support . In three HuffPost/YouGov surveys conducted in late May through June, support for the protests responding to Floyds death averaged 54% among registered voters, with just 29% opposed and the remainder neutral or unsure. In surveys taken in July, August and September, a similar question about support for recent anti-racism protests found voters support sinking below the 50% mark. In the most recent poll, 40% say they support such anti-racism protests, with 37% opposed.

There has also been a modest drop in the share of voters that sees police brutality as a very serious problem in the U.S. only 32% now do, compared to 43% who said the same in a HuffPost/YouGov survey conducted in late May and early June.