THE FERGUSON EFFECT: Gallup: Confidence in police at a 22-year low:

The poll found that 25 percent of Americans said they had “a great deal” of confidence in the police while 27 percent said they had “quite a lot,” 30 percent said “some,” 16 percent “very little,” and 2 percent said “none.”

According to Gallup, the 18 percent total of “very little” and “none” is the highest it has seen.

Gallup attributed the decline in confidence to recent police actions in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, Staten Island, New York, and North Charleston, South Carolina where black men were killed by white police officers.

“These events likely contributed to the decline in confidence in police, although it is important to note that Americans’ trust in police has not been fundamentally shaken — it remains high in an absolute sense, despite being at a historical low,” the Gallup report reads.

Overall the group that saw the largest drop in confidence were Democrats, who experienced a 13 percentage point decline over the past two years.

Well, yes — Democrats are the ones driving the decline in confidence. After all, to liberals/progressives, law is just politics, so this notion filters down to law enforcement as well. Ironically, the ones hurt the most by this attitude are the residents of low income communities — mostly blacks — who have pledged unwavering political fidelity to Democrats.