A police work stoppage let mass street crime unfold unchecked

Evidence

I had nothing other than a half-broken Blackberry and a bottle of cachaça on my person, so I wasn’t worried about myself. We just looked on, in wonder and in horror, sometimes breaking into horribly manic laughter as teenage boys ripped away every cell phone, backpack, purse, and wallet in sight, and then ran off. The police leaned against a nearby wall and watched. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 366

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Police stops themselves increase later delinquency, counterproductively raising crime — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 380

Broader Connections

• Police stops themselves increase later delinquency, counterproductively raising crime #complicates (0.78) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 380