There were reports on the Lars Larson Show that large numbers of NO police have deserted ..... that a police station has been taken over ..... that the police are also looting ..... as FDR said .... no country is more then three meals away from a revolution .....
What's the old joke about New Orleans? It's the only city in America where you can start a crime wave by putting more police on the streets.
I suspect this is the rationale for the whole welfare/Great Society culture thing.
Keeps 'em pacified.