The leader of a South Dakota tribe is expected to declare an emergency on the state’s largest Native American reservation because of rampant crime that he said hasn’t been curbed due to the U.S. government’s inadequate funding for law enforcement.
It would have been more accurate to say the lack of law enforcement depresses the population.
Depressing or lowering the ability of a population to live a positive and healthy environment because you are much more likely to be a target of crime is going to be oppressive to that population.
Being over-policed or under-policed lead to similar issues. Criminals being a burden to the civilian population or over reaching police being a burden to the population. A balance is needed and five officers for an area the size of Connecticut is too few for effective police presence.
It would have been more accurate to say the lack of law enforcement depresses the population.
Depressing or lowering the ability of a population to live a positive and healthy environment because you are much more likely to be a target of crime is going to be oppressive to that population.
Being over-policed or under-policed lead to similar issues. Criminals being a burden to the civilian population or over reaching police being a burden to the population. A balance is needed and five officers for an area the size of Connecticut is too few for effective police presence.
I don’t know how much more depressed you can get by just living in Pine Ridge, but okay we’ll go with that.
I don’t just mean depression in just the mental sense. Depressed economy, depressed job prospects, depressed education system.
When systemic injustice is just the way life is for a group of people then they get depressed in more than just mental depression.