Only because people consistently vote with the police. So if we the voters stopped voting for whoever the police tell us to, things would get better. I think t

Only because people consistently vote with the police. So if we the voters stopped voting for whoever the police tell us to, things would get better. I think there's a union component to this as well. A lot of people vote along with unions, especially public unions. This is an interesting case where the people most upset with the police are also the ones who tend to like unions (and where unions have political/voter influence), creating a bit of tension. I think this results in focusing on the police themselves, rather than the upstream causes that you're identifying. Anyway, in case it wasn't clear - I'm totally agreeing with you :-)