Are police specifically targeting female legislators of color?

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When cities stopped having police live in the metropolitan areas they are responsible for, they became an occupational force and not a civilian support organization.

I would be interested in studies about that. Neighborhood personal relationships are important, but institutional racism is so deep that living there won't help, IMHO. And there are always 'enclaves' even in the least diverse minority neighborhoods.
It's about understanding, caring about and being part of the community. Not some drop in mercenary force.

Many towns probably could not hire enough people if this were a rule. But something is wrong when 100% of the cops live elsewhere.

Lots has been written and studied on this since Ferguson.
Yes, my comment is not the only issue. But I lived in Baltimore in the end of the last century, and there was a tangible difference in how the police operated - and the community handled - the officers that lived in Baltimore and those that came from outside the city. The police that walked the streets and knew the neighborhood were tangibly different than those that floated through in their cars.
Yes we need that connection again for public safety, to begin to restore trust.

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I love this video of a traffic stop (dark windows - OH NO) https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/12/us/florid...affic-stop

Ayala was driving a state-issued vehicle when she was pulled over after leaving Florida A&M University College of Law, where she had taught class that evening.

“What agency are you with?” the officer with the body camera asks as he looks at her identification.

“I’m the state attorney” she responds, kicking off a terse exchange.

She asks what the tag was run for and he tells her they run tags all the time.

“That’s how we figure out if cars are stolen and that sort of thing,” he responds, adding that her car windows were another reason for the stop.

“Also, the windows are really dark, I don’t have a tint measure but that’s another reason for the stop,” he adds.

Ayala smiles as he replies and asks for the officers’ business cards. The encounter ends without a citation.