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>>dtagam+(OP)
The thing that really makes things worse is that the police are causing most of these protests and riots with their violent, unwarranted behavior.

This triggers riots and protests, which require the police to work overtime.

They get paid for causing all these problems, and well paid. Their overtime costs must be tremendous. And who ends up paying? We do.

We should claw back police overtime pay for any protests or riots that are caused by the police themselves. I think that's fair and equitable.

>>jennyy+1j
Over the last week I have been starting to realize that what you said is true in general, and not just of protests. It seems that police inflame and instigate most of the violent situations they are involved in. We are literally paying to be abused. We shouldn't be trying to get that money back; we shouldn't even be paying it in the first place.

>>rabidr+Co
A 2500-year-old quote still relevant today:

"When a nation hoards weapons, troubles arise from within and from without.

When its leaders try to be cunning and clever, the situation spins further out of control.

When they try to fix things by passing more laws, they only increase the number of outlaws."

民多利器、國家滋昏。

人多伎巧、奇物滋起。

法令滋彰、盜賊多有。

>>logicc+9w
Si vis pacem, para bellum