We spend way too much money on law enforcement, money that could be used for more productive things, like education. Of course, to accomplish this people will have to stop committing crimes so law enforcement budgets can be reduced. Are any out there on board with this?
I make this commitment here and now, that I will refrain from committing any more crimes.
I understand the frustration. I really do. Police abuses continue in a daily basis. A fraction of a single percent get the national attention it deserves. And nothing really changes. Day in and out. Cops who are retiring today have trained the cops who will be doing similar abuses through the rest of their careers.
As I write this some cop somewhere is planting drugs or other evidence to get someone he just knows is guilty. As you read this some prosecutor is turning a blind eye to the abuses.
So with the systemic problems reform and such just seem impossible. The police initiate new policies and the same stupid shit happens.
So how does it continue? Easy. We want to believe in the Hollywood image. The Roomie where the entire division of cops is honest and dedicated. Following procedure to the letter and catching bad guys by the book.
In real life cops are great fiction writers. The reports bear only passing resemblance to the truth.
By the same token. Anarchy is not the answer. Ban the police and the first thing that happens is neighbors band together and create vigilante groups that are a hundred times worse.
Hollywood makes the lawmen out to be heroes of impeccable character. That is hardly the truth. Even the legend of Wyatt Earp is baloney. He was arrested for stealing horses and fled before the trial. He was arrested several times before he became a cop. He tended to settle his disputes from behind a badge.
Yes. He broke up the first organized crime gang, the Cowboys. But not out of a dedication to law and order. They were feuding. The Earps and Cowboys. The badge made the Earp vengeance legal.
But movies and TV don’t cover that. They make Earp out to be the greatest lawman ever.
Even when the blind supporters of police admit that misconduct has been caught. They make excuses that are laughable applied to anyone else. The cop didn’t beat everyone he dealt with. We have to accept that he’s going to blow off a little steam now and then. Really? We don’t accept that with anyone else. Marines are kicked out of the Corps for such behavior.
But seriously. If a defense attorney told the Jury that they needed to find the defendant not guilty because he didn’t rob every bank he came across the jury would need a recess to change their underwear. They would laugh so hard they peed their pants.
The system isn’t fair and only be cheating a little can the cops level the playing field. The system isn’t supposed to be fair. Read the Bill of Rights. The Founders intended it to be hard to convict someone. How can you be a patriot if you don’t support the values this nation was founded upon?
