its amazing that these political animals can create and defend a literal hellhole..and expect anything but hellish behavior to result.
I think most of us would say after 1980....things changed. The mild drug culture that existed prior to 80’s just involved marijuana, and petty crime was a minor issue for cops to get involved with. After the 1980s...crime escalated and statistical averages started going higher. This is when most departments all went through a manpower growth period, and we ended up hiring a bunch of guys who just weren’t capable of behaving as cops.
Go look around Memphis, Baltimore, St Louis, Chicago, DC, and Philly....there are areas of these towns where you don’t go (day or night). Even in towns like Charleston today...there are areas which you’d best avoid. All this chatter about problems....just leads back to the growth of the drug period.