Polling Results to Be Aware Of
A new poll shows 86 percent of Americans support requiring patrol officers in their areas to wear small video cameras while on duty—a finding in line with other polling on this subject.
What’s a little more surprising, though, is the consensus on another issue related to the Ferguson and Eric Garner cases: independent prosecutors. The poll shows about the same percentage—87 percent—support having these outsiders handle cases in which unarmed Americans are killed by police.
It’s hard to overstate the consensus on these two issues. The lowest amount of support for each is among self-described “conservative Republicans,” of which 76 percent support independents prosecutors and 79 percent support body cameras.