Daily Mail UK
Two supposed criminal experts have faced backlash for rejecting the use of the word ‘looting’ to describe the string of thefts plaguing California in recent days.
Lorenzo Boyd, a professor of criminal justice & community policing at the University of New Haven, and Martin Reynolds, co-executive director of the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education, told ABC 7 that the term ‘looting’ has racist connotations and should be avoided when discussing the surge of crime in the Bay Area.