Violence sweeps U.S. as ‘systemic liberalism’ handcuffs police – Washington Times
Law enforcement professionals say the eruption of violence is a perfect storm of animosity toward the police and liberal criminal justice reform policies that have put violent offenders back on the streets and hamstrung police departments.
The police departments insist they have not ordered officers to stand down in the face of racial justice protests. But police, whether by order or for fear of prosecution for use of force, appeared to take a hands-off approach amid the growing violence.
In Baltimore, police did not intervene when a mob on Saturday toppled a prominent statue of Christopher Columbus and tossed it into the Inner Harbor.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison on Monday said officers held back because it was tactically unsafe.
So much one could say about this.