Another report said neighbors....wait for it... criticize police for lack of presence in the area. Of course, too much police presence would be criticized by others.
From the link supplied below:
Meanwhile, angry neighbors blasted police for not patrolling the area, which they say has no working lampposts and is pitch black at night.
‘How can [police] wonder how stuff like this happens, and then when it gets dark they’re not here?’ one woman told the Daily News.
Wow, it really does say “the area . . . is pitch black at night.”
No, the same people. It's called the magic police theory of criminology. The police are supposed to be 100% homogeneous with the local demographic, and keep out of sight and have absolutely no contact with or knowledge of the community, until some activity or crime occurs as which point they are supposed to materialize out of thin air and antiseptically defuse the situation without making any arrests or causing any unpleasantness. The black community is the Victorian Lady of our era, who wants the world to be tidy and prim and never offend her.
Look at it this way. What would Paul Kersey do?