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    July 9, 2020
    Majority of Public Favors Giving Civilians the Power to Sue Police Officers for Misconduct

    Far more Americans favor keeping spending on policing at current levels – or increasing it – than cutting spending

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    Majority of Public Favors Giving Civilians the Power to Sue Police Officers for Misconduct

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    Two-thirds of Americans say civilians need to have the power to sue police officers for using excessive force
    Declining shares of Americans give police forces positive ratings for using force appropriately, treating racial groups equally and holding officers accountable
    Far more Americans favor keeping spending on policing at current levels – or increasing it – than cutting spending
    Broad support for several policing policies, including making it a crime for police to use chokeholds
    Black adults are highly critical of police performance in several areas, including protecting people from crime; far fewer white adults express negative views
    Black and white Americans less likely to rate police positively than in fall of 2016
    Partisan gap on several evaluations of police performance wider than in 2016
    Democrats more likely than Republicans to say they favor several police reform proposals
    Black Americans more likely than white Americans to strongly favor several policing proposals
    Black adults and young people most likely to say spending on police should be decreased
    Among Democrats, support for cutting police spending higher among liberals, younger adults
    Stark GOP age divide over whether civilians should be able to sue police
    police car lights at night in city with selective focus and bokeh

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