>More broadly it facilitates discrimination. This is also true, I certainly think if you're a white middle class person taking a knife to a friends you're goin

>More broadly it facilitates discrimination. This is also true, I certainly think if you're a white middle class person taking a knife to a friends you're going to get off easier than an someone from a ethnic minority in Tower Hamlets. It also results in insane things like this [1]. I'm not sure if there's a better way though, it seems much like democracy it's the best of a bad bunch. 1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3165489/Gardener-arrested-and-taken-to-court-for-carrying-work-scythe-in-van.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3165489/Gardener-arr...