Back in the olden days (1968) cops would not answer a call in certain parts of town because it was (actual quote from 1968 LIFE magazine) “Just nig*ers cutting up.”
‘THE WIRE’
QUOTE: D’Angelo Barksdale: “You think 5-0 care about ni__ers gettin’ high? In the *projects*? Man, 5-0 be down here about the *bodies*, yo. That’s what they be down here about. The bodies.”