It's not by happenstance. It's very deliberate.
Texas lizards, Amish milk farmers, legal illegal immigrants, riding a bike on sunday before noon, two high school kids playing backseat happy pants become registered sexual predators, driving without shoes on your feet, blinking your headlights, are just a few..........
Millions of people make a living off of low level criminals. Those are the best kind. They pay their fines, won't piss in your squad car, don't throw feces at the jailer, cower in front of a judge, and will deplete every asset they have to stay out or get out of jail.
Overcriminalization is downright profitable. Real criminals are an expense, hard on staff morale, kick the windows out of the squad car, throw poo, and want to kill the judge and his dog. They don't pay their fines, and are a drain on the system.
Woof.
Overcriminalization is downright profitable. Real criminals are an expense, hard on staff morale, kick the windows out of the squad car, throw poo, and want to kill the judge and his dog. They don't pay their fines, and are a drain on the system.
Well said. Worth repeating.
Excellent observations.
On the subject of selective enforcement my cab driving uncle points out that in San Francisco the Police would much rather arrest female prostitutes than male ones - for many of the reasons you mention - and others.
They will walk right past several young men in the cold SF evening without shirts on (code for “For Sale”) to hassle (and possibly shake down and/or arrest) a female streetwalker.