"In the United States, this could result in more surveillance in traditionally poorer, nonwhite neighborhoods, while wealthy, whiter neighborhoods are scrutinized even less."
More policing reduces crime. The author seems to think that people living in these poor, nonwhite neighborhoods would rather see the police resources go to wealthy, white neighborhoods. But the studies show that minorities and people living in high-crime neighborhoods mostly do approve of police. There is a lot of cognitive dissonance here: is crime reduction through more policing in poor nonwhite neighborhoods a right goal despite sometimes justified skepticism of the police or not?
More policing reduces crime. The author seems to think that people living in these poor, nonwhite neighborhoods would rather see the police resources go to wealthy, white neighborhoods. But the studies show that minorities and people living in high-crime neighborhoods mostly do approve of police. There is a lot of cognitive dissonance here: is crime reduction through more policing in poor nonwhite neighborhoods a right goal despite sometimes justified skepticism of the police or not?
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/02/more-pol...
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/197925.pdf