Originally Posted by
Bushwhacker
You have it backwards -- these things are unfortunately so highly racialized and politicized that they only care about the latter as over a year of race riots have indicated. "If it bleeds, it leads"
The police who genuinely try to help these communities get actual garbage thrown at them upon arrival. All the liberal money thrown against the wall for awareness campaigns and programs never sticks. The root problems are never addressed. And cooperation with the police in any capacity is seen as weak or treasonous among these cultures.
You can't polish a turd, and it's hard to save something that doesn't want to be saved.