The best theory I've seen of problems with policing is the overuse of policing as a governance mechanism: "don't solve problems until they become bad enough to be policing problems"
This is a general pattern with the US: the most extreme escalation level becomes default escalation level.
- Private insurance to pay $100 for band-aids
- Courts and litigation for every small argument
- Policing to enforce what should be soft social norms turned into laws
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