Cooper speculated that pandemic-related stress increased interpersonal violence, which was compounded by law enforcement systemically targeting Black men

This is retardation on par with “wet streets cause rain”.

In the wake of George Floyd, police stepped back from policing black neighborhoods. Why risk interacting with a demographic that consistently throws histrionic tantrums - frequently escalating routine encounters to lethal force - so that a jury of leftist activists can then imprison you for life if something goes wrong?

When police quit black neighborhoods, black violence ran rampant. That’s why homicides are up.