Mr. Sims.

Mr. Sims had his own complaints about police officers who didn’t do their jobs, but for him, it was personal. Three of his friends had been killed last year, one of them less than a month before he was interviewed. Mr. Sims’ voice was low and quiet, but when he talked about the police, he became visibly upset.

“This shit is ridiculous. You got all of these new hired police doing nothing out here.”

— Arnold Sims, 54, unemployed