Teflon law

Norman Tebbit once famously advised the degenerates of 1980's Britain to 'get on their bikes'. Wise words indeed, but unfortunately not quite appropriate in a town like Los Angeles where cycling is strongly discouraged. (It's an open secret here that the main role of MTA buses is to eliminate those cyclists who have managed to avoid death by SUV. Public transport is just a useful by-product). Thankfully, coming to the fore are the LA County Sheriffs, who are providing a useful transport service by dumping all the useless criminals and bums that they can't be arsed to deal with in downtown LA, whence they become someone else's problem (LAPD's, in this case).

I heartily approve of this policy post-millenium deportation. Why should my tax be used up by Santa Monica Police dealing with criminals and the mentally ill, when they should be dealing with more pressing problems (e.g. jay walking at 3am, enjoying a cigarette on the beach, and generally having good time in an un-American and not officially sanctioned way). Let the gliteratti of central LA deal with them instead.

Of course it would only work in a town like Los Angeles, a city who's law enforcement has more tiers than a cake at Greek wedding, and that is more socially segregated than Johannesberg in 1982. If you tried the same policy in London you'd have to bus them all out to Slough, which with current petrol prices and the congestion charge would be almost expensive as actually dealing with the problem.