As we all are aware, two dangerous prisoners in New York were captured by vigilant police officers conducting a massive dragnet. One was killed, the other disabled. In this one instance, more of us than not were rooting for the police to nab those filthy bastards.
But, if the police effect an arrest of a person of various minority... the attitude changes entirely. Take Ferguson for example. Why is that? I label it "the anti police paradox." Some far left liberals root for them one time, and berate them the next. If you want to see what happens when cops are afraid to do their jobs, look no further than New York City and Baltimore.
In New York City, there has been no love lost between Mayor Bill DeBlasio and his police force. He repeatedly made anti-police remarks, and essentially threw them under the bus. Arrests plummeted 66% in 2014 after two NYPD officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered in their patrol car, which only widened the rift between officers and the mayor.
In January of this year, that lack of enforcement was felt by residents in the Marcy Houses, 27 brick H-block buildings, each six stories high, that are home to nearly 4,300 people, all Black or Latino, and not a block away from where the two officers were killed. These residents were left wondering where the once regular police presence had gone. Now we know why.
In poor New York neighborhoods residents ask Where are the police Reuters
In Baltimore, news broke tonight that revealed Police Commanders did in fact order their police officers not to engage rioters during the riots that ravaged the city on April 28th. Homicide rates skyrocketed afterwards, leaving some residents in West Baltimore in late May to ask, "where did the police go?" Afterwards, Baltimore in one month experienced the highest murder rates it had seen in 16 years. Cops were even on record admitting that they were afraid to do their jobs. Now we know why.
Rash of homicides in West Baltimore have residents asking Where are police - CBS News
This paradox should reveal the hypocrisy by some to try and paint police officers as brutal and racist, while cheering them on when they are in hot pursuit of two escaped convicts. Yet as we saw in New York, they can be our saviors.
But, if the police effect an arrest of a person of various minority... the attitude changes entirely. Take Ferguson for example. Why is that? I label it "the anti police paradox." Some far left liberals root for them one time, and berate them the next. If you want to see what happens when cops are afraid to do their jobs, look no further than New York City and Baltimore.
In New York City, there has been no love lost between Mayor Bill DeBlasio and his police force. He repeatedly made anti-police remarks, and essentially threw them under the bus. Arrests plummeted 66% in 2014 after two NYPD officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered in their patrol car, which only widened the rift between officers and the mayor.
In January of this year, that lack of enforcement was felt by residents in the Marcy Houses, 27 brick H-block buildings, each six stories high, that are home to nearly 4,300 people, all Black or Latino, and not a block away from where the two officers were killed. These residents were left wondering where the once regular police presence had gone. Now we know why.
In poor New York neighborhoods residents ask Where are the police Reuters
In Baltimore, news broke tonight that revealed Police Commanders did in fact order their police officers not to engage rioters during the riots that ravaged the city on April 28th. Homicide rates skyrocketed afterwards, leaving some residents in West Baltimore in late May to ask, "where did the police go?" Afterwards, Baltimore in one month experienced the highest murder rates it had seen in 16 years. Cops were even on record admitting that they were afraid to do their jobs. Now we know why.
Rash of homicides in West Baltimore have residents asking Where are police - CBS News
This paradox should reveal the hypocrisy by some to try and paint police officers as brutal and racist, while cheering them on when they are in hot pursuit of two escaped convicts. Yet as we saw in New York, they can be our saviors.
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