SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
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."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Hyperturtle on Sunday October 25 2015, @07:47PM
The saying is there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. He is using the statistics to repeat damned lies, and offers them as proof to speak new ones. People are paid big money to make the impossible sound plausible. He very likely didn't come up with these numbers himself. He has other things to do with his job. Being a talking head on TV repeating things is one of the drawbacks of his position, but those numbers are not likely ones he made up himself.
So yes, that indoctrination works well on good people, and works very well on bad people too. The system is flawed and there is vested interest to blame those doing the exposing, as opposed to fixing the problems with the exposed. See, the statistics say right here... a famous poet said something along the lines of sunlight being the best disinfectant. In this instance, you can actually see the evil little creepy things shrivel when exposed to sunlight. This is an effort to get that magnifying glass focused on something else, I think... it's laughable for him to claim that with a straight face, but the fact it made news means someone is going to believe it.
I don't remember if this guy commented about not having anything to hide, but it seems that whenever hidden things are found, it's an outrageous use of power they don't have and so it must be stopped.