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> I generally do trust police

There are scum in every occupation. Police don't get a free pass. They're flawed humans like the rest of us.

Go watch The Wire. You'll be more understanding.

Yeah but they carry guns and have power over you if they want to. That doesn't make them at all like the rest of us, and they should be exemplary in the way they deal with taxpayers.

...they should be exemplary in the way they deal with taxpayers.

I really didn't want to comment on this article, but I must object to the use of the word "taxpayers" where "human beings" would be much more appropriate.

My choice of word was intentional, since the police is financed by people's taxes on their work and consumption, therefore people should be treated as "clients" by the Police, and not threatened in the absence of any good reason.

I object to the word because it implies that those who pay more taxes deserve more protection, while those who pay no taxes (children, the elderly, the poor) deserve none.

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