” decent cop will bust someone for something small because they believe that person has done something much worse”
The definition of corrupt.
Well that is not actually the definition of corrupt, but I get your point. A crime is a crime is a crime. I said take each case as they come. Letting everyone walk on small crimes because the prosecutions disproportionately land on an unfortunate but largely non-violent group makes no sense when faced with a violent person doing the same crime.
In other words, I don’t want people urinating in public. But hey it happens. Catch someone doing it who has no criminal record imo he doesn’t deserve the same fate as someone who has been arrested a number of times for violent felonies and plea bargained their way to minimum sentences. The first guy, maybe some public service as a penalty. The second guy, the maximum sentence allowed by law.