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After George Floyd Protests, a Dramatic Nationwide Decline in Proactive Policing
March 9, 2022
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Police officers pulled back big-time in the last year and a half following the George Floyd protests. Key proactive policing activities such as suspect stops plummeted in the summer of 2020 and continue at a historic low ebb to this day, according to an Epoch Times analysis. The Epoch Times reviewed police stop data from…
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