Many law enforcement officers easily fall prey to the false assumption that it is people like them who invented and perpetuated the notion of the "civilized man", when it is actually the other way around" they are in fact the construct of civilized man.

As such, their power needs to be constantly monitored and reigned in lest the fall victim to the common delusion that they are the only ones keeping the world from descending into complete uncontrollable chaos- the core of fascism and the authoritarian state.

Much of the whole "thin blue line" mentality has nothing to do with public and personal safety" it has to do with political ideology.

Nothing like putting a band-aid on a dying person after 3 years of exsanguination.

Rachel Corrie type verdicts ready to come stateside- Ready for them to claim the nefarious compacted stones of the evil pavement was to blame.

The most dangerous criminals in this country are never even indicted.

When, oh when has something ever posted by BOAZ over the last decade on this forum been anything other than something eminently superficial, completely void of originality and so utterly predictable?

As long as US foreign policy is beholden to the white supremacist, racist state of Israel, America will continue to see malleable, incompetent clowns like Trump and Bush elected to office and creeping militarization in law enforcement and social norms back home.

If Joe had any sense he'd pick Oprah. I'd vote for that ticket.

But he's an establishment democrat so he'll pick a safe "insider" who will tow the establishment party line.

For a Falwell he's falling rather poorly...

Of course no one mentions the injured specifically. Many of them" thousands of all ages" will be hearing impaired for life. People just don't understand the lasting damage a sound wave of that magnitude does" even from a mile or two away.

My bets are on cui bono. Someone is trying to influence the US election. It will probably come out in the coming days.

You really can't blame Boaz. He is just a typical product of an increasingly militarized mentality that has been gripping this country for the past 20 years.

This mentality indoctrinates within the dominant factions in America (mostly white conservative christians) that THEY are the ones who are actually oppressed. It instills a persecution mindset that breeds a "bunker mentality", keeping them on a constant war footing that makes them quite willing to overlook increasingly fascist measures done in their name to perpetuate and expand their power- all in the name of "freedom".

It has worked effectively in Israel and now it is taking root here. In fact, the model IS Israel.