I suppose we’ll disagree.
Cops “deciding” who to arrest, and by implication, who to let slide based on the cop’s opinion of what an individual may also be guilty of... Is quite the definition of a corrupted justice system.
I don’t think we’ll disagree much. Just a question of clarification. Either cops have some discretion, or they don’t. That discretion will break both ways. Sometimes to let a relatively mild issue go with a warning, sometimes to bust a hard guy.
The prosecutors and district attorneys are the ones who are dictating policy now. And so they are telling cops “no discretion”. We’re not gonna prosecute this that or the other. Doesn’t matter who, why or where. I think that is “zero zero tolerance”. It doesn’t make any more sense than “zero tolerance”. It’s like expelling a kid from school because he made a gun gesture with his fingers. Maybe you would expel a kid like that who has a history of violence and intimidation, but maybe you would use it as an opportunity to teach good manners for a different kid.