Fuck the police

A Slate piece on Obama and Biden's criminal justice policy worries me.

In particular, Biden and Obama have promised to beef up two federal grant programs critics say have exacerbated many of the very problems Obama expressed concern about earlier in the primaries. Obama and Biden's position shows an unwillingness to think critically about criminal justice. They are opting instead for the reflexive belief that more federal involvement is always preferable to less.

One of the least appealing aspects of American life is the police state it has become.