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I want all the brutality to stop, not just the murders. Any effort to prosecute will get so watered down that only the worst will be punished so we can act like
by deathgrips 6y ago
I want all the brutality to stop, not just the murders. Any effort to prosecute will get so watered down that only the worst will be punished so we can act like we're doing something about the problem.
- mindslight 6y agoYou can make that general argument about any single approach to reform. Let's not put all our hopes in any one single solution, and let's not be misled into false dichotomies.
- deathgrips 6y agoIt's exactly this line of thinking that will tell people the problem is solved once those four policemen are convicted. If a gang is terrorizing people, does the problem go away when you put a few members in jail?
- pjschlic 6y agoIf I can continue your analogy (though I admit it's a little confusing) - if a gang member is caught breaking the law and we have another law preventing prosecution, let's fix that bug. Structural issues which create gangs need to be addressed, and it's true that convicting the gang members might detract from the need for those structural reform, but enforcing laws is still a part of the incentive system we have to encourage people to not break the law. We should fix structural issues, but that doesn't mean we need to leave clear bugs in tact to increase pressure on fixing those issues.