1/ If we really wanted to fight crime we would do more to prevent it. Right now we spend billions of dollars to suppress the symptom and ever diminished resources treating the cause.

2/ We need to massively front our resources in the direction of children, making every public school in America world class & providing free higher education. Raise minimim wage. Healthier food.We need UBI & free health care. Everything we do to diminish despair diminishes crime.

Absolutely. But the government is committed to not doing these things. Look how quickly they passed a new federal holiday. But when it comes to meeting the needs of the working class they suddenly nowhere to be found. They only exist to govern for the rich and powerful.

You said in another comment that it has less to do with capitalism and more to do with money in politics but the truth is that money in politics is symptomatic of capitalism. It’s part of the way the system runs.