All government laws require a field expedient death penalty imposed upon any who dare resist depending on the level of refusal to comply with the statist badged employees wielding a set of rules of engagement that make them judge, jury and executioner. In most cases they get away with it.

Remember that murder begins when self-defense ends, use that yardstick the next time you examine yet another citizen killing by the usual suspect in the thin black and blue line.”

So from the police point of view, a relationship with the taxpayer based on fear is best. No chit chat, no observation of social niceties, everything in black and white. The problem is that this is not sustainable over the long run, and it will create tensions that build up like environmental toxins until, in an episode of ‘punctuated equilibrium’, the fear turns to hate and the human herd turns and tramples the ‘authorities’. We far outnumber them, and they know it.

Even a cursory examination of history shows enforcers/minders/cops torn to shreds by mobs, decapitated, etc.

Community policing is really the only way. Officer Friendly shooting hoops down at the PAL, looking out for the single mom with an at-risk teenager, etc. A good priest/role model who rarely, if ever, needs to use force, and won’t use force even if he/she feels ‘threatened’. Admittedly, it takes a very special kind of person to live up to this ideal, but given the people who line up in the hundreds to take the exam, drawn by the 20 year retirement and benefits, it shouldn’t be that hard to get only the best, and screen out the psychos, right?

Dyspeptic, you are my Brother!!! 🙂

Ntheoc, that you would even entertain the thought that two men should have the power to murder a small woman is all that is needed to know your lack of mettle.

Doug Zerby was a Soviet Union type murder!! 🙂

No, I haven’t. But there are so many documented reports of blatant police abuse without consequences that it’s obvious to me it’s being promoted from above which, of course, is another sign of a police state. When an abuser goes unpunished the message is loud and clear: Continue abusing.

I recall during the hunt for Dorner when that band of rogue LAPD cops just riddled a car occupied by 2 female newspaper deliverers in Torrance. There must have been 100 bullet holes in the back of that car which was a completely different make, model and color than the one Dorner had. And it’s pretty hard to mistake 2 petite asian women with a black guy who weighed 250 pounds or more. Although one of the woman was shot in the back, both miraculously survived. The cops also riddled neighboring homes with stray bullets putting the residents in grave peril. I read that the taxpayers were forced to pay those 2 women $4M in a settlement! None of the cops were charged and no doubt are back out on the streets today. No report of any firings. The complicit media did a great job at sweeping it all under the carpet after the fact with no follow-up.

I’ve read similar stories just as repulsive that happen all the time across the country. The cops do it because they’re allowed to do it and get away with it without personal repercussion. It’s obvious to me it’s promoted from above. Another big red flag indicating ‘police state’.

And if you really object to being enslaved absolutely do not vote for any candidate for public office who belongs to either major party. Both parties are completely owned by police unions and police chiefs lobby groups.

Will Griggs is not only a gifted writer but a brave and stalwart critic of police brutality. Reading his articles about police abuse makes my blood boil.

So true LetitCollapse!!! Do you follow the writings of Will Griggs? 🙂