> are busy kicking out refugees, imposing tough sentences on gang related crime or demanding action against the crime of the week
So in your opinion they should invest more in petty crimes rather than serious crimes?
If you're goal is to make people feel safer, then you need to target the petty stuff that people actually experience. Also, much of the petty stuff is only petty because the police view it in isolation. Yeah, so what if my bike is stolen, insurance will deal with that. It's just that when they do catch a bike thief, then it often turns out that the same person stole 200 other bikes. Stealing a 3000DKK bike isn't worth the effort, but it's 50.000 bikes a year, that's an insane amount of money, given that almost no bike is ever returned.
I don't care if people on Christiania smokes or sell weed, and nor does most other people. Sure people should not experience gun violence, even in ghetto areas, but you can't direct all policing towards a few specific types of crime. It won't make people feel any safer.
Idk, if I had anti-tank missiles used in my region (like with the Nordic Biker Wars in the 90ies) or hand grenades like in Sweden more recently, I'd feel a lot less safe than if that doesn't happen but bikes are stolen more frequently. People tend to care more about getting shot, stabbed or blown up than about their transportation being stolen. Policies reflect that, imho with good reason.
It's like saying you don't need a vaccine because you never get sick. Yeah there's a reason for that.
So yes, the police should focus more on human and drug traffic than bike theft.
If such products were legal and regulated, there would be legal avenues (the courts) for disputes to be settled, rather than violence.
It's the black market that causes the violence, not the products themselves. Something to consider.
Two gangs fighting over who's entitled to sell drugs on which street are, in some sense, minding their business.
A guy who is taking my bike from my home is invading deeply into my territory.