Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with boxing promoter Don King, who endorsed him, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio on Wednesday. And when communities feel targeted by police, their trust in police declines, tensions rise and relationships between citizens and officers deteriorate. Criminal justice author Heather Mac Donald pointed out that New York’s crime rate per capita was significantly lower than many cities where stop-and-frisk wasn’t used. But violence in Chicago in 2016 has erupted, with more homicides through Labor Day this year than all of last year. Stop-and-frisk tactics were also recently criticized in Baltimore, where a Justice Department report in August said it was used both disproportionately and often with heavy-handed tactics.

Source: Washington Post September 22, 2016 01:30 UTC