The justice system. The unelected police, who profit directly, and the unelected prosecutors and judges who have intimately friendly relationships with those police. When police get a whiff that action could be taken against this funding source, they threaten to drag the politicians as anti-police, threaten stop-work actions, etc. It isn't about what the people want. We live in a police state.
The laws in the US are made by the legislature. If it was as widely opposed as some people believe, it would be done with. The problem is that law-and-order types are always going to side with law enforcement, especially when it concerns them having more power.
It's probably that it doesn't affect most people personally so they don't care, or they have bigger priorities. The legislators don't see it as a big enough issue to act on since it won't win many political points for them.
