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The White House Smacks Down Its DEA Chief on the 'Ferguson Effect'

m.knox

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Great first few paragraphs. Check it out.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...berg-ferguson-effect/414993/?utm_source=yahoo

If you think Barack Obama has trouble getting Congress to do what he wants, just look at the trouble he has with his own administration.

About two weeks ago, FBI Director James Comey argued for the “Ferguson effect,” the idea that increased scrutiny of the police has had a chilling effect on law enforcement, in turn leading to a spike in violent crime in some cities. Last week, the acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration said he thought Comey was “spot on.”

“I think there’s something to it,” said Chuck Rosenberg. “Rightly or wrongly, you become the next viral video ... Now you can do everything right and still end up on the evening news.”
 
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