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posted by takyon on Sunday October 25 2015, @11:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the photography-is-not-a-crime dept.

This year, murders have spiked in major cities across America and according to FBI director James B. Comey the additional scrutiny and criticism of police officers that has come in the wake of highly publicized incidents of police brutality may be the main reason for the recent increase in violent crime.

"I don't know whether that explains it entirely, but I do have a strong sense that some part of the explanation is a chill wind that has blown through American law enforcement over the last year," says Comey.

But Mr. Comey said that he had been told by many police leaders that officers who would normally stop to question suspicious people are opting to stay in their patrol cars for fear of having their encounters become worldwide video sensations. That hesitancy has led to missed opportunities to apprehend suspects, he said, and has decreased the police presence on the streets of the country's most violent cities.

The officers told Comey that youths surround them when they get out of their vehicles, taunting them and making videos of the spectacle with their cell phones.

"In today's YouTube world, there are officers reluctant to get out of their cars and do the work that controls violent crime," he said. "Our officers are answering 911 calls, but avoiding the informal contact that keeps bad guys from standing around, especially with guns."


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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @02:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @02:42PM (#254343)

    Lets just pull police service out of the bad neighborhoods completely. Let the hoods take care of each other. Since they don't need police protection, we can pull all welfare benefits too. Don't need that with all the drug money they make. Close the schools too, don't need an education to be a thug. Businesses will pull out, too many looters. Lets see how far they get then.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @03:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @03:16PM (#254356)

    > Lets just pull police service out of the bad neighborhoods completely.

    Might be a good idea. By and large the cops focus on things like stop and frisk which gave them easy arrests while doing very little about serious violence because that's hard work and high risk for themselves.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @04:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @04:09PM (#254366)
    Please go back to the green site. Ok. Thanks
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @06:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @06:04PM (#254385)

    All of those things have already happened in parts of metro Detroit and Northern flint already. The only difference is it was police brutality, government corruption (but I repeat myself), and businesses pulling out that made all those things happen.