Rev. Kevin Cosby addresses his traffic stop: 'I just want consistency'

LPD did that kind of policing under Dotson and Sherrard. The Democrat politicians here have no stomach for a gang unit having regular shootouts or activists screaming "YOU KILLED THAT POOR BOY" (a 4-time loser violent career criminal) in front of city hall every month. This is why the charade continues. You saw with Cosby's stop what the activists will do if they get the sense LMPD is proactively policing again. Imagine if LMPD were raiding gang stash and houses like they do in bigger cities. The headlines would predictably be:

"Mayor Calls for Investigation of LMPD"

"Activists Call for Chief's Resignation"

"US Justice Department Probing LMPD Gang Unit"

"Rioters Burn Several Downtown Buildings"

The example headlines above are why police departments nationwide have laid down and allowed criminals to have their way in the big cities run by fearful Democrats. The rest of us can at least choose to live outside the city boundaries where the rule of law still exists.