Tag: crime

Has a “chilling effect” on police activity, sparked by increased scrutiny by cellphone cameras and media attention in the wake of Ferguson, Mo. controversy, caused an uptick in crime? That’s a theory apparently getting traction with FBI Director… Read More

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Tags: Black Lives Matter, chilling effect, crime, crime spike, crime spree, FBI, Ferguson, First Amendment, Police, police brutality, police scrutiny

SF Immigration-Murder Case May Be ‘Willie Horton’ of 2015

The broad-daylight killing of a woman by an undocumented immigrant is becoming a political football, and the San Francisco Chronicle gets it right by saying: “… from the presidential stage to California’s local political contests, it may be… Read More

Tag: crime

CNN Notes FBI Director Blaming ‘Ferguson Effect’ For Crime Increase

SF Immigration-Murder Case May Be ‘Willie Horton’ of 2015