Officials Debate Whether 'Ferguson Effect' Is Real

The New York Times: WASHINGTON — A rift widened Wednesday within the Obama administration over the politically charged question of whether a surge in crime in some cities reflects the reluctance of the police to confront suspicious people because of increased public scrutiny of their behavior.

“I think there’s something to it,” Chuck Rosenberg, the acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration, told reporters at a news conference.

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