Police was first established by wealthy families as a private militia (eg to hunt runaway slaves & punish the renaming), then the financial burden was just transferred to the state/public, but their* goals or mentality didn’t change.
(*also the public’s expectation/culture didn’t change - still today it seems logical to everyone that eg robbery of the rich takes priority over robbery of the poor, regardless what the stolen amount represents to their lives)
It’s like expecting medieval knights to protect the peasants.
Or the laws to take into account the needs of the many.
Tho everyone knows humanity would benefit & advance quicker if that were the case.
Police was first established by wealthy families as a private militia (eg to hunt runaway slaves & punish the renaming), then the financial burden was just transferred to the state/public, but their* goals or mentality didn’t change.
(*also the public’s expectation/culture didn’t change - still today it seems logical to everyone that eg robbery of the rich takes priority over robbery of the poor, regardless what the stolen amount represents to their lives)
It’s like expecting medieval knights to protect the peasants.
Or the laws to take into account the needs of the many.
Tho everyone knows humanity would benefit & advance quicker if that were the case.