Arrested for not wearing a helmet.
Isn't it odd how the same totalitarian lefties that passed this helmet law (and other laws) are, at the same time, not able to figure out that this will create more interactions between the police and the population? Yes, totalitarian lefties, police are actually required to go out and enforce your nirvana agenda.
What would be the alternative to enforcing the law once its passed? Are police not supposed to carry out the law? Are they supposed to receive the orders to enforce a helmet law and then decide, on their own, "no, I'm just not going to enforce this one." What if officers were given guidance to not enforce the helmet law in minority neighborhoods, while officers of a more affluent precinct were directed to continue enforcing the ordinance? Or vice-versa? The law is supposed to be blind and enforced objectively.
Double standards just don't seem to lead America to a very nice place. The world over they've never led any society at any point in history to a nice place. The suggestion that there should be a deliberate unequal application of the law due to top-down social caste tinkering is dangerous.
Any attempt to legislate nirvana will inevitably result in more police interaction with citizens. And more interaction inevitably means more potential for negative interaction, at least if the laws of statistics apply. People tend to push back when they feel they are overly bothered by government:
The extent to which there are dishonest law enforcement officers (overzealous district attorneys, anyone?), there is currently too much room afforded in the United States to legally maneuver against citizens. Laws are used too much as a weapon; a big fat playbook to oppress and one that is only getting thicker. Add progressives are the culprit for much of the thickness (Progressive Republicans, too).
Extreme example: Eric Garner in New York. Killed by a policeman. Originally pulled aside for questioning over suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. Who cares if he's selling loose cigarettes?
Isn't it odd how the same totalitarian lefties that passed this helmet law (and other laws) are, at the same time, not able to figure out that this will create more interactions between the police and the population? Yes, totalitarian lefties, police are actually required to go out and enforce your nirvana agenda.
What would be the alternative to enforcing the law once its passed? Are police not supposed to carry out the law? Are they supposed to receive the orders to enforce a helmet law and then decide, on their own, "no, I'm just not going to enforce this one." What if officers were given guidance to not enforce the helmet law in minority neighborhoods, while officers of a more affluent precinct were directed to continue enforcing the ordinance? Or vice-versa? The law is supposed to be blind and enforced objectively.
Double standards just don't seem to lead America to a very nice place. The world over they've never led any society at any point in history to a nice place. The suggestion that there should be a deliberate unequal application of the law due to top-down social caste tinkering is dangerous.
Any attempt to legislate nirvana will inevitably result in more police interaction with citizens. And more interaction inevitably means more potential for negative interaction, at least if the laws of statistics apply. People tend to push back when they feel they are overly bothered by government:
The extent to which there are dishonest law enforcement officers (overzealous district attorneys, anyone?), there is currently too much room afforded in the United States to legally maneuver against citizens. Laws are used too much as a weapon; a big fat playbook to oppress and one that is only getting thicker. Add progressives are the culprit for much of the thickness (Progressive Republicans, too).
Extreme example: Eric Garner in New York. Killed by a policeman. Originally pulled aside for questioning over suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. Who cares if he's selling loose cigarettes?
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