You want to fix American policing? Stop warrant checks as part of community policing. When the people in the car the police just traffic stopped for a tail ligh

You want to fix American policing? Stop warrant checks as part of community policing. When the people in the car the police just traffic stopped for a tail light could be facing a 20 year prison sentence the police have to treat that stop and have a wariness towards the vehicle's occupants way different from if it was, say, just a traffic stop for a tail light. Escalating every community interaction by making it warrant enforcement you change the entire risk equation. A guy getting a tail light ticket is different then a guy about to get a warrant enforced for an accused crime with a 20 year sentence. You want to even further reduce the escalation of the interactions? Stop with the 20 year (which is basically life if you are realistic about it, no one getting out after 20 years is getting their life back) sentences.