Picture This: Dealing w/Crime

 

The primary role of American Law Enforcement is to protect the elites: their property, their person, their institution. Any movie or TV show that displays a police officer going up against someone in power on behalf of the powerless is portraying a fantasy. 

If you were to peruse the quotes and testimony of officers who have recently gone to trial over the deaths of mostly innocent (and mostly minority) people, the common refrain is, "I was afraid for my life." It doesn't matter if the person shot/killed was unarmed, holding their wallet, committing misdemeanor, or even sitting in their own apartment minding their business, the mindset of today police officer is not, "I'm going to make sure my community even if it cost me my life;" it's, "I'm going to get home safe even if it costs me your life." 

The mainstream media and virtually all elected officials (go check and see who's calling for more police funding locally and nationally; the results may surprise you) would have us believe that we need more officers to handle the problem of crime: it's either increasing, become more deadly or has relocated.

What isn't discussed is the cause of most crime. Well, POVERTY is the most common, most concrete reason. Simply put, rich people aren't committing the types of crime that result in police intervention (and certainly not scenarios where cops are shooting them). Wealth can compensate for the biological or sociological.

What can truly, and more permanently, cause crime to go down? Offering well-paying jobs in the community. Offering affordable housing. Establishing a national health care system where the people choose their provider and the government pays the bill. 

If a person's basic needs are met, they are more likely to become productive members of society.