You answered your own question... The reason there is more crime, is because "we" became soft on crime.
Now, to answer your next question, I'll use the your previous question... "How do we stop criminals??" Become hard on crime again. Not checkpoints. The next person caught with drugs, send them to prison for life. Next one caught murdering someone? Administer the death penalty within 30 days. Tell the ACLU to go piss up a rope.
You don't get hard on crime by illegal search and seizure. You don't get hard on crime by saying all are guilty until proved innocent. You don't get hard on crime by setting up road blocks and searching everyone who goes through. That is stupid, and you'll only catch the morons. Do you REALLY think an organized operation would send a courier, on a route that has not been reconned?? I think not... these cops are setting up these checkpoints, because it is easy to nail morons. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
The real criminals, would know that checkpoint is there, and go around.
Checkpoints are a fraction of a step away from dismissing the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. Just incase you're not totally clear on the verbiage, I took the liberty of posting it below...
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
As far as the guy who "looks" like he has been in a mug shot or two, again, I am amazed at your outlook. You really think Blue collar crime outweighs White collar crime? I got news for you. there are more white collar criminals, than there is low life's to which you think have been dominating LEO scrap books.
"Your Papers Please" is totalitarian. No other explanation is acceptable...
Thank you sit-rep, well said.
How would you react if the state had tried, convicted, and given you the maximum sentence within 30 days of your own arrest? If your family or your attorney had any problem with that, would you tell them to go piss up a rope?
Your assertion that rushed trials followed by automatic, draconian sentencing somehow reduces crime is simply not born out by the empirical evidence. A system like that may make the public feel warm and fuzzy, but it is not a just, effective criminal justice system.
I sincerely wish you good luck with your case. I hope that the prosecutor, the judge, and the jury do not treat you in the manner that you would have them treat other accused criminals.