[lbo-talk] Do Police Provide a Needed Service?

[Cox, Carrol]

"Police are needed in a class society, to protect property. Obviously. But class society also spawns violence, which the state needs to keep under control." Bill Bartlett

That violence would be _less_ without police departments. There is _no_ evidence that police in any way prevent violence, though it is obvious they often _cause_ violence.

Seriously: Consider the  question of family violence. 

Carrol