New York cops, miffed by accusations of brutality and over-reaction and in a direct challenge to the peoples elected representative, Mayor Bill de Blasio, are staging a ‘work slowdown’. Arrests have fallen dramatically by at least 66% and police say they’re now making arrests “only when they have to” (which is what they should always be doing anyway). They’ve temporarily stopped using arrests as a way of keeping a lid on structural social problems and as a form of backdoor taxation. Ironically (and quite unintentionally) this could point the way to better policing nationwide (but it won’t). .. (story here)
Sig Nordal 