Mona Charen

Mona Charen argues in the following viewpoint that critics of the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) assertive police methods tend to see racism where none exists. One high-profile case of police brutality is not an indication of widespread abuse, she maintains. Charen claims that assertive policing—the aggressive policing of quality-of-life crimes such as public drinking and graffiti-writing—has lowered crime rates in New York City and actually decreased the number of police shootings. Mona Charen is a nationally syndicated columnist.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How much have murder rates declined on the Lower East Side since 1994, according to the author?
2. According to the author, how many suspects died at the hands of police in 1998?
3. What is “Compstat,” according to Charen"

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