Except in certain states, where "tough on crime" has been replaced with "tough on some crimes, and everything else small-ish gets a free pass, because hey, too many black people in jail or something."

Low effort response, but seriously reading about this non-sense in the USA I'm wondering why you guys even have laws in the first place. Either have them and enforce them, or get rid of them via democratic means. Right now it seems like you have the worst of both, and real people get stuck in the middle.