Crime Seen?

“The decreases suggest that trying to contain COVID-19 is not a public safety threat in some big cities—at least for now.” The Marshall Project: As Coronavirus Surges, Crime Declines in Some Cities. (If you’re looking for early signs of social unrest, keep an eye on the hospitals, where triage decisions will turn some patients away.)

+ “More than a fifth of Detroit’s police force is quarantined; two officers have died from coronavirus and at least 39 have tested positive, including the chief of police.” AP: ‘Officers are scared out there’: Coronavirus hits US police.