I can certainly agree with you that there are a lot more deaths caused by criminals than by police officers. However, I do feel that we must address the issue of police corruption and brutality all the same. In fact, I also believe that many of the laws enforced around the world are at the very root of both drug-related violence and deaths due to overdose, and also of police brutality.

It’s important to look at what we hope our laws will accomplish and then to evaluate whether they do that job. Similarly, it’s important to assess whether law enforcement, judges, and politicians are doing the jobs with which they have been entrusted.

Because all of these people have the wellbeing and often even the very lives of other citizens in their hands, we must hold them to higher standards. If an individual or organization is meeting or exceeding those standards, I believe we ought to be out on the streets celebrating that fact. But they don’t get that honour simply by donning a uniform or a badge. And if that individual or organization fails to meet the standards that we would have, even for average citizens, then we should take steps to remove their authority and ensure they will never again be in a position where they hold power over other human beings.