Rasputin_Vol
"Slava Ukraina"
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The cops are upholding the laws that elected officials put in place. If you have a problem with which laws are being broken and police are enforcing... then maybe you should be attacking the politicians instead. Cops are in the same boat as the military.. they might not agree with the politics.. but they have a job to obey orders.
They don't have to arrest and lock up every person that breaks one of these petty laws.
The cops, if they really were of the people, could very easily come together and say that we will no longer engage in enforcing these petty offenses. Why should a cop put himself at risk by pulling over some rolling stop sign violator at 2:00 am? it is because the cop culture fosters this overzealous activity. If cops had their way, they would probably want more laws created so that they could re-enact some childhood fantasy of busting skulls (I'm getting carried away a bit, but still). These guys could very easily be the necessary check/balance needed between the legislators and the people. But instead, they side with the lawmakers, not the people. And I hate to say it, but most cops have a disdain for the public. That is why they are so eager and aggressive in their enforcement of laws.
Don't give me this "duty bound" nonsense.
