Personally, I disagree with the ACLU’s crime prevention philosphies. I will not judge whether their intentions are good or not…

Attaboy. Now that’s an unassailable position. You’ve exercised your right to disagree with someone, but you’re not foolish enough to presume to judge their intentions.

the victim mentality approach to crime

I don’t understand how the “victim mentality” is applicable to this article. Can you connect the dots for me?

residents learned how to react when stopped by police, their responsibilities as citizens and about the Cop Watch Program, which monitors the actions of law officers.

1. Recent court cases have decided that a citizen is obligated to present valid identification if there is reasonable suspicion that he was involved in or witnessed a recent crime. However, a citizen has very little obligation beyond that. I fail to understand why you would have a problem with someone attempting to clarify where those boundaries are.

2. What’s wrong with a “cop watch” program? Citizens are (or atleast are supposed to be) obligated to oversee the actions of their government. Law enforcement is most definitely included in this.

New York city is not a fair city to compare the rates with as they are known to do a fairly good job at controlling crime by being tough on it. Liberals and Libertarians hate their policies.

I do not know if population density actually effects crime rate all that much.