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Originally Posted by blueash

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.

I agree. Its well documented that race plays a role in the criminal justice system.