by wasoxygen

Despite his usual knack for good timing, mk may have picked an inopportune moment to claim that “governments are demonstrably better agents of policing than NGOs.” I argued that it is not easy for commercial, non-governmental organizations to enter the market to demonstrate alternatives, after all nobody likes competition.

kzcondor reminded me of Dale Brown, who I think has done an admirable job of demonstrating the possibilities of non-governmental policing in Detroit.

The key was to put the protection of the families before my own ... the way to do that was to use not the legal system to prosecute people but to prevent the conditions which could lead to violent encounters ... the cornerstone for protection is love, not violence, not guns, not laws, you cannot and you will not truly protect anything that you do not love.