"Inspired by “broken windows” policing strategies advocated by William J. Bratton, who at the time was head of the city’s transit cops and is now the New York City police commissioner, D.A.s began to prosecute offenses once considered small potatoes. The iconic example in New York was the campaign against the “squeegee men” cleaning car windshields when drivers were trapped in traffic."
What a timely article, on the same day that a grand jury returns a "no bill" for a cop who choked a man to death for the crime of selling loose cigarettes.
Killing a few black and brown people (and ruining the lives of thousands more by sending them to prison) for petty offenses is a small price to pay, as long as Times Square is made safe for "Elmo impersonators and wide-eyed naïfs in fanny packs".
What a timely article, on the same day that a grand jury returns a "no bill" for a cop who choked a man to death for the crime of selling loose cigarettes.
Killing a few black and brown people (and ruining the lives of thousands more by sending them to prison) for petty offenses is a small price to pay, as long as Times Square is made safe for "Elmo impersonators and wide-eyed naïfs in fanny packs".