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-Lurid Crime Tales-
FBI Director blames emboldened criminals fearful cops for spike in Urban Crime
2015-10-24
[Daily Caller] FBI director James Comey lent credence to a controversial theory Friday when he said during a speech in Chicago that violent crime has spiked in many big U.S. cities this year because police officers are worried that performing their policing duties puts them at risk of being accused of a crime themselves.

"I don't know whether that explains it entirely, but I do have a strong sense that some part of the explanation is a chill wind that has blown through American law enforcement over the last year," Comey said at a forum held at the University of Chicago Law School, according to news reports.

Violent crime -- including homicides -- have increased dramatically in many large cities, Comey said, pointing to Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Washington and Baltimore by name.

The cause of the spike is the center of intense debate. Some have dubbed the phenomenon the "Ferguson effect" -- a reference to the fatal police-involved shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. on Aug. 9, 2014. The shooting sparked mass protests and violence in the St. Louis suburb.
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  More ppl are locked up now than ever before, just the wrong population of criminals are locked up.
Posted by: chris   2015-10-24 21:27  

#7  When you discourage Law Enforcement, what do you expect?
Posted by: newc   2015-10-24 16:00  

#6  ...the DA up in Albuquerque is well known to avoid pressing hard charges on perps. The office's usual SOP appears to be play procedural games for two years and then extract a plea bargain at significantly reduced charges.

The whole state is dysfunctional in a peculiar way.

Yes, if you're going to kill someone, use your car and then chug some alcohol before the cops arrive. You'll do about 7 years for DUI homicide rather than 20 for premeditation.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-10-24 15:26  

#5  Perhaps the USA is heading towards the New Mexico non system.
Albuquerque officials: Road rage killing shows broken system
The man charged in the freeway killing of a 4-year-old girl in New Mexico had been previously arrested on aggravated battery, domestic violence and a violent incident involving a gun. He had never been prosecuted on these previous arrests.

Now, authorities are citing his history and that of a convicted felon accused of shooting and critically wounding an Albuquerque police officer this week as examples of a criminal justice system they say is broken, underfunded and can leave law enforcement and the public more vulnerable to violence.
I've lived in NM. The whole state is dysfunctional in a peculiar way. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, a Democratic state representative from Bernalillo said "You cannot solve this problem by locking up the population."
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2015-10-24 14:20  

#4  Violent crime -- including homicides -- have increased dramatically in many large cities, Comey said, pointing to Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Washington and Baltimore by name

Matter of time before there's a de facto repeat.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-10-24 11:03  

#3  the "Ferguson effect"

"Obamasons" were here first.
Posted by: Betty Hitler2611   2015-10-24 09:58  

#2  Champ refers to cops as "stupid." Comey claims they are "fearful." Little wonder the bureau has failed to bring formal charges against ANYONE in connection with the State Department email scandal.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-10-24 09:18  

#1  Also a lot of shooting in designated 'gun free' zones. Golly gee whiz.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-10-24 08:52  

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