Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs.
HATE, even if it's making money. is an underground movie, that's how it was made. It's a film about police brutality in the largest sense, it's about the whole of society and not just about the hood.
Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.