December 21, 2014
PAGING FOX BUTTERFIELD:
NYC crime falls but concern about police tactics rises (Tom Hays and Colleen Long, 12/20/14, Associated Press)
Even as New York's police department takes heat for its tactics in the outrage over the Eric Garner chokehold case, year-end crime statistics show two clear trends: low-level arrests are holding steady and overall crime continues to fall.The numbers could be seen as an affirmation of Police Commissioner William Bratton's signature "broken windows" tactic, the idea that enforcing smaller crimes like fare beating and public drunkenness help prevent bigger crimes.
The irony is that stories about police tactics and torture only have traction because the wars on Terror and Crime have already been won by them.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 21, 2014 10:49 AM
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