[ghaff]

You can't simultaneously want the police to do something about fairly small property crimes on the one hand and get upset with a lot of people being imprisoned for minor crimes on the other hand. There's not much point in prosecuting someone if they're just going to get a stern talking to if they're found guilty.

[vxNsr]

No one seems to understand this. They lament their stuff getting stolen and in the same day plan their next anti-police protest.

I personally believe the police have totally forgotten their mandate. They’ve become so focused on the big fish, they’ve lost all appetite for anything that doesn’t have the potential to lead to a big press conference.

I want every single little crime investigated like NCIS, not because I think it will lead to less crime (I know the jury goes back and forth on this one), but because I think people don’t feel safe in their neighborhoods anymore, they constantly feel like their neighbors are gonna steal from them and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. If instead cops started taking all this stuff seriously, and the courts had a better way to handle it, people would be happier and feel less antagonistic against those they perceive as other (white, black, etc)