Thread: Police ignore way more crimes than they address. They only "enforce the law" against some people, some of the time, in some places, and every aspect of it is based on who has power. The idea they pursue "public safety" is propaganda. https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/1381001539033174020">https://twitter.com/BostonGlo...

Most of what Boston police do is discretionary targeting of poor people for living on the street, drug use, and other minor "crimes." And yet the budget for cop "overtime" alone is twice what Boston spends on all parks and recreation for its people. (2) https://data.aclum.org/2020/06/05/unpacking-the-boston-police-budget/">https://data.aclum.org/2020/06/0...

Remember when the Boston police went on a rampage to destroy the wheelchairs of disabled people who were homeless? (3) https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/07/heartbreaking-scene-boston-streets-police-destroy-wheelchairs-belonging-homeless">https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019...

I wrote about why all this happens, in great detail with hundreds of interesting examples, here: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/the-punishment-bureaucracy">https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/the...