There's lots of tech capable of filling in for staff shortages but the basic problem is trust. People need to trust the police are there to protect them.
And policemen need to trust that if they do their extremely difficult, dangerous, low paying job to the best of their ability we will not immediately throw them under the bus because of optics if they make a mistake. Otherwise they will quit. And not sign up. And then we will suffer lawlessness.
"But the rioting that marked much of the Summer of 2020 ended up quickly dividing America — as did the resulting spike in violent crime, particularly shootings and homicides. Red America and Blue America quickly retreated into their own camps, and bipartisan progress on criminal justice and police reform slowed."
Your lack of sourcing is apparent. You provide NO STATS, nothing. I went elsewhere. Brennan Center:
"Despite politicized claims that this rise was the result of criminal justice reform in liberal-leaning jurisdictions, murders rose roughly equally in cities run by Republicans and cities run by Democrats. So-called red states actually saw some of the highest murder rates of all. This data makes it difficult to pin recent trends on local policy shifts and reveals the central flaw in arguments that seek to politicize a problem as complex as crime. Instead, the evidence points to broad national causes driving rising crime."
The Brennan article goes through a bunch of stats. Don't waste your time with Zaid's shoddy work, go elsewhere.
Since it goes against his preconceived narrative, Zaid won't include in his reporting. Michael Tracey did the same thing in a 2021 article. It's always about punching-left and criticizing progressives. The podcast Citations Needed does much better reporting on these same issues.
There's lots of tech capable of filling in for staff shortages but the basic problem is trust. People need to trust the police are there to protect them.
And policemen need to trust that if they do their extremely difficult, dangerous, low paying job to the best of their ability we will not immediately throw them under the bus because of optics if they make a mistake. Otherwise they will quit. And not sign up. And then we will suffer lawlessness.
"But the rioting that marked much of the Summer of 2020 ended up quickly dividing America — as did the resulting spike in violent crime, particularly shootings and homicides. Red America and Blue America quickly retreated into their own camps, and bipartisan progress on criminal justice and police reform slowed."
Your lack of sourcing is apparent. You provide NO STATS, nothing. I went elsewhere. Brennan Center:
"Despite politicized claims that this rise was the result of criminal justice reform in liberal-leaning jurisdictions, murders rose roughly equally in cities run by Republicans and cities run by Democrats. So-called red states actually saw some of the highest murder rates of all. This data makes it difficult to pin recent trends on local policy shifts and reveals the central flaw in arguments that seek to politicize a problem as complex as crime. Instead, the evidence points to broad national causes driving rising crime."
The Brennan article goes through a bunch of stats. Don't waste your time with Zaid's shoddy work, go elsewhere.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/myths-and-realities-understanding-recent-trends-violent-crime#
Since it goes against his preconceived narrative, Zaid won't include in his reporting. Michael Tracey did the same thing in a 2021 article. It's always about punching-left and criticizing progressives. The podcast Citations Needed does much better reporting on these same issues.