[kiryandil]

At a cookout a few months ago, I heard a story from a local police officer that I have now seen play out over and over in American cities. The young cop said that after the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots, the order came from on high essentially to avoid interaction with minority communities at all costs. Even a routine traffic stop in one of these neighborhoods could escalate unexpectedly, and with the incredible bias of the press and the viral nature of social media, an officer could have his career ended in the blink of an eye. Better to avoid possible lawsuits and violent riots by simply ignoring the call when it comes in over the radio.

"FIDO"

[PGR88]

the order came from on high essentially to avoid interaction with minority communities at all costs.

At a terrible cost - to blacks.

Black homicides, and black traffic fatalities doubled immediately and are still well above long-term averages.

There's approximately an extra 10,000 extra dead black Americans thanks to the Feast of St. Floyd.

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Not just in the big "cities" or "minority communities" - it's all over, everywhere. The hoods of all stripes are figuring out how they can control an incident and resulting narrative, where any call no matter how mundane or minor can have non-cooperative, non-compliant people that can escalate into a use of force situation. Not necessarily ignoring calls, but certainly not being proactive - not taking initiative on checking out suspicious persons or vehicles, not patrolling, not doing traffic stops, not getting involved on their own unless it's something particularly brazen. It's not worth it to them to seek out a situation that could end their career if not their freedom. Mostly waiting for a call to go to and hoping it's not a wild one.