Attorney General
William Barr said Sunday he doesn't believe limiting qualified immunity to go after "bad cops" is a proper solution to issues within
United States law enforcement agencies, despite demands from those protesting against
police brutality. Barr told CBS's Margaret Brennan that doing so would result in "police pulling back."
Barr, who played a key role in ordering the violent suppression of demonstrations outside the
White House last week, acknowledged there are "instances" of poor policing, but he ultimately thinks "policing is the toughest
Job in the country" and most officers are "civic-minded people who believe in the public" and do so "bravely" and "righteously." He said he wants people to be careful about labeling all law enforcement "rotten" when their ire should be targeted at individual officers.Barr also said he believes "racism" is an issue in the United States today, but doesn't think law enforcement is "systemically racist." He did, however, contend that, for much of the country's history, U.S. institutions were "explicitly" racist and have improved since the 1960s.