L L wrote:
This thing of police being OK with vigilantes is a scary thing.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-clashes-between-armed-groups-and-leftist-protesters-turn-deadly-police-face-complaints-of-tolerating-vigilantes/2020/08/30/d2c36c20-e952-11ea-a414-8422fa3e4116_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_kenoshamilitias-613pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-anshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6Z2ROZHK6UI6VGNBOE2D2A54FE.jpg&w=916They are responsible for the deaths of the men killed by that teenager by letting him roam the streets with a gun during a curfew.
And it looks like a nationwide issue.
I wonder how high up the orders come, if any, for street cops to tolerate that. There must be some reference to this in a typical PD handbook.