FBI director concedes he has little evidence to support 'Ferguson effect'

[TheDemSocialist]

FBI director James Comey conceded on Monday that he had little evidence to support his theory that a recent increase in crime was caused by heightened scrutiny of the police, as the White House appeared to distance itself from his remarks.
Addressing police chiefs at a conference in Chicago, Comey said he could not be certain that the so-called “Ferguson effect”, following unrest in the Missouri city after the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old last year, had led to a retreat by officers, but said this was “common sense”.
“The question is, are these kinds of things changing police behavior around the country?” said Comey. “The honest answer is I don’t know for sure whether that’s the case … but I do have a strong sense.”

Barack Obama’s press secretary, however, said at a White House briefing on Monday that available evidence “does not support the notion that law enforcement officers around the country are shying away from fulfilling their responsibilities”.
Law enforcement leaders were “on the contrary” reporting that officers were “dedicated public servants, who on a daily basis are putting their lives on the line to serve and protect the communities that they’re assigned to”, said Josh Earnest.
The Sentencing Project, a criminal justice nonprofit, has published researchindicating that a rise in homicides in the St Louis area predated the death in Ferguson of Michael Brown and the ensuing protests. Bruce Frederick, a senior researcher at the Vera Institute of Justice, wrote last month at The Marshall Project that there was also no “compelling evidence that there has been a pervasive increase in homicides that is substantively meaningful”

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The "Ferguson effect" is just cover for many law enforcement agencies because of the exposure of racial bias, brutality, and corruption which has come to light because of the movement in Ferguson and others who are involved in the BLM movement. Time for many in the justice department try to cover their backs and blame and shift attention on something else.

 

[DaveFagan]

Read more @: FBI director concedes he has little evidence to support 'Ferguson effect'
The "Ferguson effect" is just cover for many law enforcement agencies because of the exposure of racial bias, brutality, and corruption which has come to light because of the movement in Ferguson and others who are involved in the BLM movement. Time for many in the justice department try to cover their backs and blame and shift attention on something else.
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I believe they are seeing the first fruits of opposition to the Police State. The FBI has certainly been the lead agency in causing the militarization of local Police forces and they provide training schools that attempt to inculcate the FBI as the dominant Agency over local Police. The local Sheriffs should always keep foremost in their minds that they are the highest elected Police officials in their domains ergo, are dominant over the FBI and must remind the FBI that they are subservient to Voters/Electorates.

 

[MaggieD]

Read more @: FBI director concedes he has little evidence to support 'Ferguson effect'
The "Ferguson effect" is just cover for many law enforcement agencies because of the exposure of racial bias, brutality, and corruption which has come to light because of the movement in Ferguson and others who are involved in the BLM movement. Time for many in the justice department try to cover their backs and blame and shift attention on something else.
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What evidence COULD he have? The Ferguson Effect...The YouTube Effect. Common sense tells me the hammering away of media on those relatively few instances we see cannot HELP but cause officers to second guess themselves.

 

[reinoe]

The "Ferguson Effect" was b.s. from beginning to end. Our police force keep making excuses for their behavior but how embarrassing for the FBI to get involved in these shenanigans.

 

[Kal'Stang]

Read more @: FBI director concedes he has little evidence to support 'Ferguson effect'
The "Ferguson effect" is just cover for many law enforcement agencies because of the exposure of racial bias, brutality, and corruption which has come to light because of the movement in Ferguson and others who are involved in the BLM movement. Time for many in the justice department try to cover their backs and blame and shift attention on something else.
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Of course they're not going to admit to any "Ferguson affect". That is, the effect of police shying away from certain types of enforcement. To do so would be admitting to a breakdown of law enforcement and as such it would do two things. First it would embolden criminals to commit more crimes as they would believe that they have a better chance to get away with more crimes. Second it would increase fear of Non-LEO's/citizens and as such may increase various things that stems from such fear. Such as an increase in gun ownership (not a bad thing in and of itself per se) and instances of people taking more independent actions, who knows, maybe even vigilante justice type actions. Neither option 1 or 2 is conducive to a civil, safe, and stable society.

However I don't believe for one second that the few instances of exposure of police misconduct is what is causing this effect. At least it is not the ONLY reason for it. The instances of politicians using these instances of police misconduct to gain political points is another part of the reason for this effect. Another part, which I'm sure some people around here will contest as it goes against their ideologies, is the BLM and such groups making these instances of police misconduct to be overblown, IE: making a mountain out of a mole hill. The vast majority of cops in this nation manage to go every single day without once screwing up or making the wrong call. Yet the BLM movement and those like it make it out to be as if the vast majority of cops, if not all of them, are all, essentially, thugs that are more akin to the mafia than anything else.

 

[betuadollar]

This is hysterical. DeBlasio's comments cost the NYC 60 million in their first week. You better believe cops are "shying away" from their responsibilities. And crime is having a field day. Don't believe me, park your car on a city street and see how long you keep it.

 

[Mr Person]

If people filming the cops reduces their ability to do their job, that means that they don't know how to do their job without abusing the citizenry.

Reminds me. One time I made a public records request under the MA statute. I requested any training materials on how police officers or other agents of the Commonwealth respond when a suspect in a criminal matter invokes his right to the attorney. Now, this statute allows the request to be refused for a number of reasons. The reason provided by one DA's office? That disclosing the requested information would interfere with the government agent's ability to perform his job.

(There is then an administrative appellate process - that went nowhere)




Think on that.

 

[NonoBadDog]

Read more @: FBI director concedes he has little evidence to support 'Ferguson effect'
The "Ferguson effect" is just cover for many law enforcement agencies because of the exposure of racial bias, brutality, and corruption which has come to light because of the movement in Ferguson and others who are involved in the BLM movement. Time for many in the justice department try to cover their backs and blame and shift attention on something else.
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I would agree with Comey.
I think we need to give Ferguson what they want. It is their city. Pull the cops out. Problem solved. With the absence of the police the racial bias, brutality, and corruption would be gone.

 

[Thoreau72]

Read more @: FBI director concedes he has little evidence to support 'Ferguson effect'
The "Ferguson effect" is just cover for many law enforcement agencies because of the exposure of racial bias, brutality, and corruption which has come to light because of the movement in Ferguson and others who are involved in the BLM movement. Time for many in the justice department try to cover their backs and blame and shift attention on something else.
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You mean the head of the FBI might be bluffing???? Say it ain't so!!