Ferguson style law and order

[OldLady]

You're right it does nothing for community relations! I hear they do this stuff BIG TIME in New York City (where they also wanted a city wide ban on soda pop because it's fattening), but anyone crazy enough to live in NYC apparently accepts it as part of life. On the news this morning, I hear they are considering giving people a ticket if they take up two seats on the subway.
Maybe some people from other parts of the country will give you the scoop.

The Police work with the consent of the local community. It will never work if they are despised.
They tried to put a tax on soft drinks in the UK a little while back but the Tories blocked it. They are owned by big sugar.
I dont think there is anything wrong with a sugar tax. The state is footing the bill for obesity and related illnesses such as diabetes. The producers should share the load.

A tax on pop is fine; we've got taxes on everything. But forbidding people to sell pop is another story, I think.