one of the reasons we should care about police, prosecutors, and judges is that they are the way people who own things enforce the inequalities and injustices of our society against people's bodies.
police, prosecutors, and judges are the ones who remove your family from your home if you can't pay the landlord or the bank.
police, prosecutors, and judges are the ones who cage you if you take the insulin medication your child needs but that you can't afford.
police, prosecutors, and judges are the ones who deport you if you cross an imaginary political boundary created through imperial conquest, in search of a better life and to flee right-wing paramilitary groups trained and armed by U.S. military.
so, it's very important how these bureaucracies function, to whom they are accountable, how much power and discretion and money they have, and what surveillance technology and weaponry we give them.
in other words, the threat of imminent violence against people's bodies is how many of the injustices and inequalities in our society can exist. i try to explain it in detail, with hundreds of examples, here: yalelawjournal.org/forum/the-puni…
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