The number of Americans who agree that “we need to fix the police by reforming the existing system” (59%) is four-and-a-half times as large as the number who want to defund and reinvent our approach to public safety” (13%).
Yet the poll also reveals why last month’s brutal killing of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers may not be enough to overcome gridlock in Congress, where the bill remains stalled after passing the House in 2021.
That consensus extends to the bill’s specific reforms. When Yahoo News and YouGov presented respondents with a list of seven potential policy changes, all seven garnered net positive reactions among Americans overall. Large majorities favor requiring body cameras for police , creating a national police misconduct registry , making it easier to prosecute officers accused of wrongdoing and banning chokeholds . In each case, only about 10% to 20% of Americans are opposed.
The fact that Republicans now control the House is one big reason. “I don’t know that there’s any law that can stop that evil that we saw,” GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said afterBut the Yahoo News/YouGov poll suggests that waning public urgency is playing a part as well.killing, a clear majority of Americans expressed a favorable view of the Black Lives Matter movement ; just a third saw BLM in an unfavorable light.
Among Americans who said they watched the respective videos, an identical share — 87% — also said they approved of the decisions to fire the officers involved. An image at the entrance of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., celebrates the life of Tyre Nichols.
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