There are "establishment apologists" and there are pragmatists wishing to change things from the inside out. The biggest difference between you and many of those you rail against comes down to a difference of opinion with regards to strategy. Many of the goals are the same, however.
People keep accusing me of having a strategy. I don't.
I support more money to make sure honest judges and public defenders are available to protect the rights of the average citizen as strongly as the executive branch has the ability to prosecute. I support laws that prevent law enforcement over reach and corruption (yes, falsifying evidence is corrupt policing) and the assignment of resources to enforce that. I support enforcing the protections in the constitution.
I don't have a strategy to accomplish that. The only position I have that has come close to strategy is to vote in people who will make a positive change, even if you don't agree 100% with them. Stop sending our goals down the highway because you don't get it your way.
You can see cases every day where the justice system at all levels fails people. It doesn't work as described, unless you are rich or powerful. It's far too easy for a leo to get a search warrant, and the consequences for even openly deceitful claims don't exist. Nothing happens even to prosecutors who get caught either fabricating evidence or witholding evidence that would exonerate a defendent. It's happened so many times it isn't even noteworthy any more. People are still sitting in jail after DA;s were found to have acted illegally during the course of a trial.
That isn't right. The system doesn't work. Despite the protestations of a professor working within the system.
