This is seriously troubling

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

In an ideal world, we wouldn't need police. There would be no murder, no robberies, no assaults, no riots, etc. Unfortunately that is not the world we live in. There is a serious amount of crime, including violent crime in this country. We need the police. They aren't perfect but they do alot more good than bad. You are the one living in the fantasy world if you think the police are more of a threat to you than all the criminals.

More straw-man arguments against things nobody said.

Don't talk to me like I'm five years old. Obviously we need the police and there are more good cops than bad ones. But the bad ones are doing more and more damage as time goes on because they are almost never held accountable when they harm and kill innocent people. Not to mention the increased firepower they're getting from all of our surplus Iraq/Afghanistan military toys. It's a very bad combination.

It sounds like you live in a bubble where you never have any interactions with hostile police, which is great, but for the rest of us out here, news like the story Jim posted is troubling as hell.