> How much is caused by the cities policy and how much by the police officers? <
That’s a fair question. I’m no expert. But I must reluctantly put the majority of the blame on the police. Here’s an example. It’s just one of hundreds. A girl is studying in the park. She’s not bothering anyone! To the contrary. Bless her for behaving, and trying to improve herself.
The cops just couldn’t leave her alone. They had to come up, and hassle the heck out of her. She won’t forget this. And neither will anyone she tells the story to.
Of course there are bad apples who are police officers - as well as bad apple doctors, pilots, lawyers, therapists and garbage men. Trying to generalize from some examples doesn’t work unless you can evaluate the millions of contacts the police have every day.
That cop was a complete ass. seems to be a common condition.