Poor people are held down by the chains of their own bad habits, not by rich people.
Poor people are held down by the chains of their own bad habits, not by rich people.
It's the poor and minorities the cops choose to scrutinize and enforce against most.
Few times have I seen such obliviousness to white middle-class privilege on HN.
I'd have to challenge AutoCorrect's implicit assertion that (s)he doesn't break the law. There are so many laws that the assertion is a little difficult to believe. Your explanation is far more likely...
ie - this is the US and it's far better to be white than black, or rich than poor.
And the worst is to be poor and black.
Aside from this, militarization leads to people who didn't even break the law being incarcerated or killed. Take a look at the Innocence Project, and AFAIK they don't even handle people wrongfully convicted of minor offenses.