The Frugal Libertarian

I guess a little public outrage can make the police behave a little better.  It turns out that I was not the only one that thought a jaywalking sting was ridiculous.  It seems many of the cities’ minority groups believe that jaywalking citations are just a pretext for harassing minorities.  I would agree that they are a pretext for harassing citizens and reminding the public who is in charge (a hint: the guys with the guns and tasers are in charge. For now anyway.), but I don’t know if that harassment is aimed at minorities.  It seems to me that cops misbehavior is nondiscriminatory.

Anyway, KC police have now decided to “change the enforcement focus and have officers help guide traffic and pedestrians downtown rather than trying to catch scofflaws.”  What a novel idea,  serving the public in order to promote public safety instead of focusing on writing citations and raising revenue.   We could be on to something.