The only thing new are the cameras. I'm old enough to remember the Stop The Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets (STRESS) Unit which was a DetroitPD gang that operated from 1971 until 1974.
STRESS was created to "reduce crime" in Detroit using decoy units, targeting African-American men. It's implementation was charged with causing the extra-judicial executions of 24 men, 22 of them African-American, before community outrage forced the city to shut it down. #TyreNichols #BlackLivesMatter