Seattle repeals 1993 law requiring the use of bicycle helmets because police use it to harrass minorities

Seems reasonable to me. If there were only 117 citations in five years, the law was tremendously underenforced. Tons of people fail to wear a helmet while cycling. Underenforced laws are really toxic to civil society and policing.

If there’s a rule, or a law, it should be enforced. Seeing a bunch of people ignoring rules and laws makes people think the rules are meaningless. Worse, rarely enforcing it gives police the discretion to use it as a tool to punish arbitrarily.