She remarked, ” Nobody wants to be a police officer; it’s been so villainized.” “It’s her district; she should be watching out for people living there.”
Most victims of the increasing crime, Meyers pointed out, are minorities. Talking about how the system is racist does not help victims of crime. Rhetoric is quite potent.
Speaking for the National Police Association, Betsy Brantner Smith remarked, “You’re not free if you don’t feel safe.”
She said, “Most in her district are terrified. They feel they cannot leave the door without running across a drug dealer, purse snatcher, or hooker.
