“When I started, Black folks I’d speak to in Minneapolis seemed surprised that I’d been hired,” Chief Green said when I spoke with him recently. “They told me they and most people they knew avoided driving through Golden Valley.”
Members of the overwhelmingly white police force responded to both hires by quitting — in droves.
I wish that were true in Portland. Cops quit, the city stopped doing enforcement of most crimes, car/retail theft exploded.
Car theft (and catalytic converter theft) exploded during the pandemic irrespective of local police staffing. Only thing which helped there was going after the fences, but the cops mostly don’t care about that
lol to the comment above you. “cops quit, but deaths from respiratory disease just went way up!” hmmmm maybe the causality is not quite as stated.
Quick research to support your point Here’s Where Car Thefts Are Spiking Because Of The Pandemic:
typo? what was the intended text?
A fence is someone who knowingly purchases stolen goods, typically for less than retail price.
Fence is a term for buyer of stolen goods, acting as a middle man of sorts to recirculatethem goods.