The city and the police have known this was happening but did nothing...and now they are surprised it's getting worse?
A long time before the 'broken window theory ' came about there was this : ..."Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil"......
Cross posting the following links from the other thread ...
First, the early reporting. Cops say it's unusual, area is safe.
Then the follow up. Local businesses call BS on the cops' stories, say this sort of thing happens on a regular basis.
And, as this story points out, there was even a related incident the day before. Except this one was a knockout-game attack on a gay couple. Which, unlike normal MUY-on-White attacks WILL get the local politicians to sit up and take notice. I expect that the Mayor and City Council will do exactly what DC's Mayor Gray did after a similar attack not to long ago: hold a big press conference to show their support for gay marriage.
Finally, this story, from 2011. Seems to show not only that this sort of thing has a long-term history, but the cops and politicians are fudging the numbers:
Your Louisville City Hall Examiner has received several confidential communications from LMPD officers who claim that the “higher-ups” have instructed them to downplay the crimes “on the waterfront.” Cops are encouraged to put a different location on incident and arrest reports. Instead of “Waterfront Park,” they are told to write “North First Street,” or “East Main Street,” and so forth.