[Freedom_no_exceptions]

My point is that I don't connect the dots on bad cops = legalize drugs, which is what seemed to be getting advocated. Completely separate issues. If drugs are legalized, the bad cop issue still isn't addressed.

Legalizing drugs wouldn't fully address the issue, but it would give cops - both good and bad - fewer reasons to descend on people's houses, and thus less of an opportunity to make mistakes. Millions of people keep dogs - as pets and/or for protection - and cops would still have to enter people's homes in response to domestic violence, child porn, fugitives, etc. Good cops would still make mistakes, and bad cops would still commit misdeeds, only far fewer of them.

[SampleMan]

Legalizing drugs wouldn't fully address the issue, but it would give cops - both good and bad - fewer reasons to descend on people's houses, and thus less of an opportunity to make mistakes.

As would legalizing murder, rape, smuggling, extortion, money laundering, etc. Catch my point.