–        Dallas Police Chief David Brown, in the wake of the recent shooting of five police officers and several others

Mr. Brown, most (but not all) of the causes behind the divisiveness are due to decisions made by individuals well above your pay grade.

I offer a few simple actions that can be taken immediately in both Washington DC and in every state capital around the country – these actions will have an immediate beneficial effect toward ending the "divisiveness between our police and our citizens."

Eliminate all laws regarding victimless crimes – including, and especially, drug laws

Eliminate minimum wage laws

End civil asset forfeiture

As soon as these are ended, several benefits will be immediately realized: the number of negative interactions between police and citizens will be overwhelmingly reduced; more fathers will be free of prison, available to tend to their families; low-skilled and unskilled individuals can work legally; police will have far less incentive to stop and search the citizens.