The pile will topple, you're right. It's just a matter of how. Even people I respect a lot like Radley Balko are not on the right page about fixing the current

The pile will topple, you're right. It's just a matter of how. Even people I respect a lot like Radley Balko are not on the right page about fixing the current problems with police. He talks a lot about community policing, literal foot patrols (vs. cars), etc. And that'd be all great, except our society is way beyond that. Maybe such tactics would have worked in the '60's, before the relationship between citizens and police became one of either hate or ignorance. At this point, without dismantling a huge part of the police and corrections system (because calling it "criminal justice" is just plain absurd) nothing will change. But that can still happen through the democratic process. I hope ...