At least among the NYPD, which is what this article about, it's not actually true that police are "goons for the state." The state has no effective control over

At least among the NYPD, which is what this article about, it's not actually true that police are "goons for the state." The state has no effective control over what the police do. They quite literally turn their backs on elected leadership. They engage in all sorts of petty abuse of power like parking illegally in ways that are bad for the ends of the state (like promoting commerce). Police are, if anything, goons for themselves. I agree that if it were untrue that the police are racist murderers, then building public policy on it would be bad for society. But it's true, so it's fine to base policy on it.