Police are internal security. They are there to protect those with property from those that do not. They rarely are able to prevent crime, and only lazily follo

Police are internal security. They are there to protect those with property from those that do not. They rarely are able to prevent crime, and only lazily follow up afterwards unless a fellow officer is insulted or injured, in which case they are completely aggressive.* Given the level of investment, this entire system is totally unable to deliver justice or peace, it just batters the less fortunate. We need fewer police, less segregation, and more wealth distributed to more people. When people don't need to struggle to get what they need, they trust their neighbors and productive social relationships are possible. * Just today I learned about an incident where the Philly police literally bombed a residential neighborhood in 1985 "like Vietnam": https://mashable.com/2016/01/10/1985-move-bombing/ https://mashable.com/2016/01/10/1985-move-bombing/