The poll comes as lawmakers debate reforming the qualified immunity doctrine that greatly protects police officers from lawsuits.
As lawmakers debate reforming the qualified immunity doctrine that greatly protects police officers from lawsuits, a new poll finds that nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the criminal justice system is too lenient for officers who cause injury or death.
Jennifer Benz, the deputy director of the AP-NORC Centers, said,“The data show noteworthy changes of a magnitude we don’t see very often, especially on long-standing cultural or social issues… While this poll was certainly conducted at a moment of tremendous attention on racism in our society, we have empirical signals from other data to suggest that these changes are not purely a reaction to the current events.
