California legislature passes bill that would end qualified immunity for police officers, sending it to governor's desk

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Kenneth Ross Jr. Decertification Act aims to strengthen the accountability of law enforcement.
51% : The California Assembly just passed a bill that aims to increase the accountability of law enforcement in the state.
49% : Sheila Bates, an organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter, told Insider that this is the second year of bringing the bill back "in the names of all of those who we have lost."
45% : The bill, if signed into law, adjusts qualified immunity -- the defense that protects state and local government officials, including law enforcement, from individual liability unless there is a clear violation of constitutional rights -- for law enforcement.
45% : A decertification process would prevent law enforcement who have been convicted of misconduct -- ranging from excessive force and sexual assault to dishonesty and falsifying evidence -- to continue their career in law enforcement.
44% : And the part of the bill that tweaks qualified immunity is opposed by law enforcement groups.
43% : The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report -- a free tool that tracks, categorizes, and details the deaths of victims -- estimates that 22 people have been killed by law enforcement so far in 2021 in Los Angeles County alone.
40% : This would prohibit them from working in law enforcement in states that have a decertification process.
36% : Calmatters estimates that between 100 and 200 people die at the hands of law enforcement in California each year.

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