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Originally Posted by Duckwalk
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I disagree. I think a criminal trial would have at least shown that police officers and their actions are held to the same standard as the rest of us. The fact they weren't indicted (and almost never are) when private citizens are indicted in similar circumstances the vast vast majority of the time is in my opinion one the major factors driving current unrest
The other major factor being that minorities are disproportionately targeted by law enforcement.
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Well, certainly trials can go either way, plenty of trials in NYC where one would think "Oh, definitely guilty (or innocent) wind up going the other way. As for minorities being targeted, well that is probably because most of the crime in NYC happens in minority neighborhoods like I said. Why this is the case would be an extremely hard task to pinpoint the exact causes but until those neighborhoods are considered low crime areas there will always be a bigger police force.
Most people who live in high rise project developments appreciate the fact that there are police patrolling the hallways and staircases. Like it or not the methods of mayor Giuliani and Bloomberg turned NYC from the crime-ridden city it was to the better city it is today. Crime in NYC is at all-time lows and anyone who has lived in NYC during the 80s will attest to that and again, like it or not, this was due to aggressive police procedures.