>>>I’m not sure when it happened, but somehow the public suddenly became “The Enemy” in the eyes of the police.<<<
I’ve long said that urban police departments (and some sheriff’s departments) have become virtual armies of occupation that literally rob, rape, and murder people and who are only held marginally accountable when there is incontrovertible evidence of wrong doing.
Too many police organizations have become exemplars of why we have the Second Amendment. Further, as they morph into an army of occupation that robs, rapes, and murders people they are also morphing more and more people into an insurgency.
And guess what? Insurgencies work.
Remember the NYPD abusing people and then choking the one man to death over a cigarette? The NYPD laughed that off until someone executed two of their officers on Staten Island. Those two retaliatory casualties did far more to stop NYPD abuse than did a truck load of toothless memos and court orders.
Not that I’m saying this should be anyone’s first choice. Not at all.
The first choice is to demand that law enforcement follow three simple rules or else quit their jobs.
1. Uphold and defend the Constitution you swore to uphold and defend.
2. Obey the laws you enforce.
3. Don’t be a dick.
Any cop who can’t manage these three simple rules should be removed from duty preferably by their superiors. Failing action by their superiors then other means MUST be employed lest so-called ‘law enforcement’ someday formalizes themselves as a national army of occupation.
Most of them already look like members of an alien army with their shaved heads, their military gear, and their perverse gang symbol ‘blue line’ flag that they swear allegiance to over and above the flag of the United States of America.
I like my local sheriff’s department and they’re great people.
But you know what’s funny about being around great cops? They make it all that more obvious that the majority of cops especially in urban areas are no more than an army of occupation.
And that army is waging war on the Constitution and the American people.
And why so many of you seem to piss your pants at the thought of trim haircuts and practical uniforms escapes me as well — ignoring the fact that most departments still use pretty traditional uniforms anyway.