“When your grandpop was a cop, he was a Peace Officer. He was charged with keeping the peace.
Now, they’re LAW ENFORCEMENT and you WILL comply!!!”
Good point.
Somewhere along the course of the last thirty years, we were slowly turned into a police state (as cliched as it sounds).
They were ramping up, and we weren’t paying attention...and those of use that were paying attention, well, we just “crazy” and “paranoid”.