Less than 1% of interactions daily with United States Police Officers end in any form of violence.
No all cops are not bad, but you give a High School C-student a badge and qualified immunity you will run into problems. Dickhead cops have been a stereotype since the 60's. Just because it can and has happened does not make it blanket statement applicable.
Where I was at the time (Central California) they were VERY anti lock-down and went above and beyond to not enforce federal mandates. In other locations they were very pro lockdown.
Not really. Even Texas had bullshit Covid mandates. It started in Dallas county, mandated by a fucking commie judge, and spread through the entire state through fear porn and lemming mentality. Even when it became obvious that the federal government, the WHO, the CDC, and the mainstream media were all lying, it took a long while to rescind the mandates, because the neocons (like Abbot) in office are a bunch of weak willed and/or controlled op pieces of shit. All of those mandates were enforced by the police.
When government becomes corrupt and the law becomes antagonistic against the people, so too do the police. At that point, the "good" police officers either don't say anything, for fear of their pay check, "just follow orders", or they leave. Ultimately, this means that the police, as an organization itself, becomes irredeemable, just like the government they uphold and protect. It becomes an inversion of truth, where government and the police are supposed to be there to protect the people and uphold their views, and invert to protecting the corrupt government against the people, enforcing the will of the evil people within government against the people.
My city and county PD did nothing to enforce the lockdowns, in spite of orders from the state government, and all their actions were entirely toothless to pretend like they were.
There is no other way to prevent civil discourse other than threat of force.The difference being that the majority of society approves of said measures in proportion to said crime.
Threat of financial turmoil does not apply to the whole populace.
Less than 1% of interactions daily with United States Police Officers end in any form of violence.
No all cops are not bad, but you give a High School C-student a badge and qualified immunity you will run into problems. Dickhead cops have been a stereotype since the 60's. Just because it can and has happened does not make it blanket statement applicable.
Depends on your region.
Where I was at the time (Central California) they were VERY anti lock-down and went above and beyond to not enforce federal mandates. In other locations they were very pro lockdown.
Not really. Even Texas had bullshit Covid mandates. It started in Dallas county, mandated by a fucking commie judge, and spread through the entire state through fear porn and lemming mentality. Even when it became obvious that the federal government, the WHO, the CDC, and the mainstream media were all lying, it took a long while to rescind the mandates, because the neocons (like Abbot) in office are a bunch of weak willed and/or controlled op pieces of shit. All of those mandates were enforced by the police.
When government becomes corrupt and the law becomes antagonistic against the people, so too do the police. At that point, the "good" police officers either don't say anything, for fear of their pay check, "just follow orders", or they leave. Ultimately, this means that the police, as an organization itself, becomes irredeemable, just like the government they uphold and protect. It becomes an inversion of truth, where government and the police are supposed to be there to protect the people and uphold their views, and invert to protecting the corrupt government against the people, enforcing the will of the evil people within government against the people.
My city and county PD did nothing to enforce the lockdowns, in spite of orders from the state government, and all their actions were entirely toothless to pretend like they were.
Compliancy doesn't change the fact that all laws the police enforce are done through the implicit threat of force.
There is no other way to prevent civil discourse other than threat of force.The difference being that the majority of society approves of said measures in proportion to said crime.
Threat of financial turmoil does not apply to the whole populace.
AKA The Ends Justify The Means.
Dickhead cops has been a meme for hundreds of years, but just a few decades.