No reporters were camped out in Brooklyn criminal court looking for cases to plaster onto the covers of the following day’s editions. There were no photographers to capture images of people in need of help, who reporters could then deride as “lunatics” or “jailbirds.” Police and prosecutors did not notify media ahead of time as part of their now-coordinated effort to incite fear in the general public about “violent criminals” and “crooks” roaming the streets. No police or prosecutor made inflammatory claims that they later had to admit were not true.