A report by the right-leaning think tank Civitas states that police are now targeting small offences, and hence going after what the Telegraph dubs "middle class" folk, in a bid to meet UK government targets. As a result, more serious crimes, such as the recent spate of knife crimes, are not getting so much attention. This is perhaps unsurprising. It is not just the obsession with targets that is causing this development. More profoundly, the…

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