This kind of answer to social problems is itself a problem -- no single reform will do much good, so we risk paralysis. But really to move forward people shoul

This kind of answer to social problems is itself a problem -- no single reform will do much good, so we risk paralysis. But really to move forward people should try to make whatever easy reform might help a bit. In this case a procedural reform in the courts might help. If someone who looks prima-facie like a good Samaritan is being charged with something, and if the court is too swamped to deal with it quickly, they should just drop it. That could help with the police too -- the reason police harass people is to try and get bribes. People pay those bribes because they fear endless red-tape if the try to fight a spurious charge.