If it could be managed, that may turn out to be a good thing. If laws produce significant social distress to a large number of people, then the law is more lik

If it could be managed, that may turn out to be a good thing. If laws produce significant social distress to a large number of people, then the law is more likely to be changed. Whereas if it's only ever enforced against black people, or people the policeman has decided to screw for whatever reason, then it could go on forever. # If you think of police action as being analogous to pain, then it's not clear that less pain is always the best thing for society in the long run.