We Need To Stop Fighting Crime With Crime

An eye for an eye has made the whole world blind

Alex Karakatsanis: “The two images that best describe the budget priorities of the U.S. police bureaucracy: Alabama cops celebrating a fun quilt they made from the signs of unhoused people begging for money and NYPD bragging about executing 23 warrants to seize shoplifted diapers.”

When my Thatha was young, he hung his clothes out to dry. Someone jumped in, stole his clothes and ran off. Thatha chased the guy down and somehow got him to the police.

What did the police do?