Or maybe the police have always failed to address crime when it didn't fit their schedule or their purposes. This isn't new. There has been blue flu for a long time. There has been animosity between the police union and every NYC mayor.
And there is this:
NYPD Tapes 3: A Detective Comes Forward About Downgraded Sexual Assaults | Village Voice showing downgrading rape crimes.
And this
Cop ordered in secret recording to stop-and-frisk young blacks males - NY Daily News
And if you want to read a whistleblower's experience exposing the real world of policy in NYC, which has not really changed enough since Serpico
The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct | Village Voice Note the year on this is 2010.
Or read this transcript, start 1/2 way down on the second story
Transcript | This American Life
again, bad cops are the exception, bad supervisors are the exception, If it were always bad there would be no story. But I post these only to show that recent events didn't create a problem that wasn't already there.