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The statistics make pretty clear that the examples you listed are all pretty good examples of my point. Police disproportionally apply traffic laws to some gro
by akerl_ 4y ago
The statistics make pretty clear that the examples you listed are all pretty good examples of my point.
Police disproportionally apply traffic laws to some groups vs others, and DAs apply similar profiling in deciding who to charge and for which crimes. It's not a good thing.
- naasking 4y agoExactly, fungibility is a problem, not a feature. If the law were not fungible and the police were obligated to charge any violations, and the DA was obligated to prosecute any charges, then the law becomes a nuisance to everyone and we'd see a lot more citizen involvement in reducing that nuisance by more strictly limiting state power. Reducing that nuisance by making the law fungible instead means those in power people get to be selective and make exceptions for friendlies while oppressing their opponents.