If you've ever dealt with NYC cops, you know they loathe to accept crime reports. I'm not sure the reason, maybe they want to keep the reported crime rate down,

If you've ever dealt with NYC cops, you know they loathe to accept crime reports. I'm not sure the reason, maybe they want to keep the reported crime rate down, maybe they just don't want to do the desk work of writing the report, but they may gaslight you to stop you from reporting a crime. Example: a neighborhood acquaintance (pizza shop operator in the UWS) was unloading supplies from his car. A dude jumped in the car and tried to take off with it. Revved the engine but wasn't able to get it into gear. He was wrestled out and the cops came. The cops kept asking questions like "are you sure he wasn't just taking a seat and relaxing?", "How do we know you didn't say he could sit there?", "Are all your restaurant licenses up to date?", "He could sue you for holding him down like that", etc, ultimately leading the victim to tell the cops to just fuck off and they let the dude just walk away.