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FBI Director Blames 'Viral Video Effect' for Spike in Violent Crime

posted by CoolHand on Friday May 13 2016, @07:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the it-was-lolcats dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The head of the FBI believes that a spike in violent crime in many cities may be due to officers' fears of showing up on Internet videos confronting suspects.

FBI Director James Comey told reporters Wednesday that a "viral video effect" is leading to less aggressive policing that "could well be at the heart" of an alarming increase in murders in many cities, according to an account recorded by the New York Times.

"There's a perception that police are less likely to do the marginal additional policing that suppresses crime -- the getting out of your car at 2 in the morning and saying to a group of guys, 'Hey, what are you doing here?'" he told reporters.

Comey's remarks came after he was briefed on rising crime rates in more than 40 cities during the first quarter of 2016. The director did not reveal specific statistics, and the FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

James Comey, welcome to the panopticon you dragged the rest of us into. It's rather a double-edged sword, isn't it?

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  • (Score: -1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @01:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @01:30PM (#345628)

    There's also a ton-sh1t-load of youtube "music" videos about how selling woman, buying big cars makes you the top monkey chief and that you should copy this for the greater good of all monkey-kind.

    If they don't want police, maybe they should just tell them and then see how the neighborhood goes down the crapper.
    every smart person will then pull a syrian refugee and escape the violance and move to a better place. Note to wit: walking is not taxed yet!

    If only criminals infest a neighborhood they will probably revert to "cannibalism" and then the problem will solve itself and then
    the bulldozers (and police) can move back in with syrian refugees ...

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @02:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @02:26PM (#345653)

    Huh?

    Are you a schizophrenic or short circuiting?

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by mcgrew on Friday May 13 2016, @03:34PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Friday May 13 2016, @03:34PM (#345688) Homepage Journal

      He's a cop.

      --
      Donald Trump is a mixture of Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover, multiplied by ten.

      • (Score: 1) by cmdrklarg on Friday May 13 2016, @06:50PM

        by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 13 2016, @06:50PM (#345783)
        If that is true I feel sorry for the place he "serves and protects". That rant was incoherent to say the least.
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        The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @10:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @10:18PM (#345867)

    Spot on. The syrian war is what BLM would have lead to if America were over 50pct black.
    It's just what is below the skin in both situations (they syrians just have alot more, percentagewise, to deal with).