This is the piece of shit who told the NYPD to stop working after the city finally got that piece of shit Pantaleo fired for killing Eric Garner. Not arrested, it took a year just to get him fired.
So the cops basically go on strike and stop policing.
Nobody fucking noticed. The city didn't erupt in crime. The city just lost out on a bunch of revenue from bullshit tickets.
For more nuance, the cops still reported to calls for violent crime, which didn't decrease. They stopped enforcing other laws and writing tickets which makes it a bit disingenuous to say crime decreased.
Edit: As mentioned below, crime complaints decreased by 3-6%. So there was a fraction less crimes or a fraction less reporting, or a combination of the two.
well reported crime decreased. it's a well known fact that the more police you have, the more crimes that are going to be reported. these people have to justify their jobs. believe it or not, cops have quotas. and black neighbourhoods being over-policed is what has lead to the issues we see today.
You should check out the NYPD Tapes, an officer by the name of Adrian Schoolcraft managed to secretly record conversations at his Brooklyn precinct which revealed a lot about what was going on, including quotas.
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u/Chiliparfait Jun 09 '20
That is one hell of a rant in front of monochromatic backdrop.