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They didn’t, but the police force stopped enforcing those laws, generally in response to defunding or threats of defunding. The police forces in these cities a
by svnt 3y ago
They didn’t, but the police force stopped enforcing those laws, generally in response to defunding or threats of defunding.
The police forces in these cities are in the majority comprised of individuals who live outside of the city and commute to perform enforcement in an area they don’t want to live in.
This is the difference that never translated between the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter/Thin Blue Line groups: in one, in the majority the enforcers are not and have never been part of the community. In the other, the deputy’s kids go to your elementary school and they volunteer at the pancake breakfast.
- ars 3y ago> generally in response to defunding or threats of defunding. No, it's in response to the DA not prosecuting - what's the point of arresting if nothing happens afterward?
- svnt 3y agoThis is also true, but I would suggest it is also not the whole picture. Within the relevant timeframe the DA typically declined to prosecute things the police force believed were important, such as protests that included violence or threats of violence. In response, the police force stopped arresting people for all manner of crimes that the DA would still prosecute. Perhaps best framed as a three- or four-way disconnect among the citizens, politicians, the judicial branch, and law enforcement.