Fear Quote by David Grann
““Only in the mid-nineteenth century, after the growth of industrial cities and a rash of urban riots—after dread of the so-called dangerous classes surpassed dread of the state—did police departments emerge in the United States.””
![“Through political opportunism and ineptitude, the city had allowed the [police] department to languish for years as an understaffed and underequipped paramilitary organization. Infected with political bacteria itself, the department was top-heavy with managers while the ranks below were so thin…” quote by Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/644/michael-connelly-1004_los-angeles_through-political-opportunism-and-inepti_2294939.jpg)
