Law Enforcement has been some of the biggest losers during the COVID-19 Stay at Home Directives by the States. Many localities like the City of Stockton Missouri are reporting that tickets are down, arrests are down, summons being issued are down, and finally that the crime rate has went down.
You and I would think that this is a good thing, not to Law Enforcement. It is a gigantic lose of revenue for both the Localities they serve and for the Law Enforcement Officers who serve them. Readers of this article should know that for every ticket that is paid a bonus payment to the Law Enforcement Officer is issued. For every arrest that is made a payment is issued to a Law Enforcement Officer. For every summons that is issued there is also payment. Law Enforcement is a revenue generating system. This is why over 4 billion dollars a Month is stolen from Minorities Communities paying for the bounty system that has existed in American Law Enforcement over 500 years ago when the feared Pattyrollers would be sent after run away slaves. Run away slave patrols would be paid a 10 dollar bounty to bring back proof of catching and killing a run away slave. Nothing has changed. There is still a bounty on Minorities which explains how African Americans only number about 13% of the total population but are 60-80 of persona who are incarcerated in the United States.
When an African American goes driving in his or her car they stand an 75% chance of being stopped compared to the 22% for Caucasian Americans. 80% of all African Americans have had some negative contact with Law Enforcement compared to 25% of all Caucasian Americans who have had negative contact such as being stopped, ticketed and or arrested. This story is about how COVID-19 Stay at home orders are stopping Minorities from traveling on their daily lives which means less contact with Law Enforcement. This lack of contact has caused the Legal Industry to even have to release non violent people who were charged, no warrants for missing Court in California. In many cases instead of patrols on the roads there are more drones in the Sky. Doubt the writer of this article simply look up, those stars you see are not likely to be stars but a Law Enforcement drone as in the blogger’s local town of El Dorado Springs.
In two days Governor Parsons of Missouri will reopen the State for business and Law Enforcement will begin rounding up African Americans again as if nothing changed. In fact nothing has changed for COVID-19 for African Americans. We are still 10 times more likely to die from it here and in the United Kingdom. People in jail are 10 times likely to catch COVID19 than those who are not in jail. This means that without a cure or vaccination for COVID-19 reopening the States will mean a pandemic that was bad for people in jail will turn into a death sentence for missing a simple court date. All of this is so Law Enforcement can begin making Billions again. It is not about protecting and Serving anymore it is about arresting and jailing for revenue. Until the 13th Amendment is repealed and the statement no person can be worked for free unless convicted in a Court of Law are removed then African and Latino Americans will still be criminal slaves and Law Enforcement will continue to get bonus checks for stopping and possibly arresting Minorities who are just going to by their babies some pampers. This is why if you look at a Police car you will no longer see the logo Protect and Serve. Law Enforcement is simply protecting the Counties, Cities, and States bottom lines while serving their own needs by getting money to arrest people who stand an 80% chance of being convicted of something they did not do simply because of their skin color