[sinkspur]

How did you know the Unsers were trying to get to the beer cooler?

Just a guess.

I thought that's what the Constitution was for, to set limits on those sorts of things.

The police are charged with protecting the citizenry. One of the ways they do that is prevent hot-heads from walking into a standoff with a suicidal creep.

[IronJack]

The police are charged with protecting the citizenry.

And who protects the citizenry from the cops?

One of the ways they do that is prevent hot-heads from walking into a standoff with a suicidal creep.

Yep, those crazy Unsers sure seemed like "hot-heads." Imagine their untrammeled rage in insisting that they be allowed access to their own property! They must have been raving!