Police working to end violence, ease community fears

That's what social welfare agencies are for. The problem is RCW and now his successor thought LMPD is a social welfare agency too. LMPD was created to enforce the law and take criminals off the streets. Having Police Chiefs who see that as a secondary role has made the department much less effective than it could be. If the community wants all these murders to slow down then it will tell the police who is doing them, and not rally around self-declared community spokespeople criticizing every arrest.

Law abiding people also have the ability to get a concealed carry weapon if they want to protect themselves when the police aren't around. If street thugs were on my street I'd kindly invite them to GET OFF MY LAWN.