If you are trying to praise "Bull" Connor for safety, realize that it came at a very high price in loss of civil liberty. After all, Birmingham was part of the United States - and still is. We are not the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, the People's Republic of China, nor countless other dictatorships where they know or knew how to keep the streets safe at night.
Squeal if you wish, but I and many others got safety and I don't recall any concomitant loss of civil liberty.
As I said, try walking in downtown Birmingham even just after nightfall today. The city is truly a City of Fear today. Perhaps you can explain to me why.