The cops kept doing their job in white areas, not black. Yes, cops went out to calls they were dispatched to. But if they seen a wanted black guy walking down the street, they'd turn their head the other way, or see a drug deal go down, forget about it unless somebody calls the station and complain.
Criminals figured out the cops won't bother them, and they took advantage of that.
Oh, come on, to the bigot cops, "All those people look the same". It's laughable that they were diligently on the lookout for suspects.
You lose again, as always. The riots were in 2014. Gun ownership decreased in the following years during the Ferguson Effect according to your beloved New York Times.
Gun ownership is falling, the number of guns have increased. Much like the booze industry markets to the drunk, the gun industry markets to the gun nut and the criminal.
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You are the one who stated you had to compete against an illegal--not me.
Nope, I specifically said I didn't.
Taxing people into submission is not a capitalist idea, it's a communist idea.
So? Frankly, we've managed to drive down the number of smokers by making it too expensive a habit to engage in. We need to do the same with guns.
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