[hudibras]

But the thing that bugs me about this case is that the local police didn't do anything at all to warn Caswell or work with him to reduce crime at his business. The city police officers are, after all, his peers and neighbors and you would think they would have acted with better intentions and morals.

[warfangle]

Militarization of police forces and the minimization of community relationships. Chalk it up to the war on drugs. Related: stop-and-frisks in NYC inherently make law-abiding members of the community afraid to go to the police for help. Between the fear of being treated like a criminal when you're not, and the fear of being strung up for being a 'rat,' law abiding citizens unfairly targeted by such things are caught between a crack rock and a hard time place.

Not saying it's right, or moral. It's just a symptom of the underlying disease of treating drug abuse as a criminal issue instead of a medical issue.