How? By illustrating just how dangerous resistance to such behavior is to the public in a barely veiled “See what happens if you don’t immediately comply with the orders of the minions of The State?” way.

The result has been an inculcation of fear on the part of the paymasters of their servants…many of whom have forgotten that their paychecks don’t magically fall from Heaven but are siphoned out of the wallets of those they are often abusive of. That fear has been very useful to authoritarians…but also to criminals.

Criminals are now using that fear inculcated in the general public to take advantage of that fear and near instant subservience derived from it; they’ve begun performing home invasions of their own, masquerading as police. And the more aware members of the general public are reacting to this in a predictable way - by these kinds of defensive actions. It was inevitable, as night follows day, that this would happen. And it will only get worse so long as the DrugWar grinds on in its’ pointless way.

Though I am frustrated with American policing, and many other aspects of our society, I still find the field interesting and may end up working in it at some point. If I do, I will not forget the concerns I have heard from people I know, or people I have corresponded with. These valuable ineractions will make me a better servant of the people and a true peace officer.

Edin: Thanks for the invitation. I have heard of this site and I plan to check it out. I should note that I have absolutely no problem with the existence of this site or with other means of monitoring law enforcement. The system must become more transparent. If the practitioners stand in the way, they are exhibiting professional arrogance and contempt for the people, plain and simple.

I invite you to click on my name and try your persuasive arguments in the forums. Good luck, you’ll need it.

I’ve had very little interactions with cops thankfully, being a good citizen as it were. The few I’ve had though, man they did a nice job of pissing me off, usually just by their attitude. Worst though, was the one looking for the “noise disturbance”. Man, for knocking on my door at 10pm on a Friday night he sure had an attitude. What little he could see into my apartment he could deduce it wasn’t me making the noise. I hadn’t called anything in, thought about it though. I knew it was either the college kids above me or more likely the teens across from me who were known to smoke pot and have kids getting into trouble there (who were likely watching our whole conversation through their door peephole). I didn’t envy his job that night but I didnt appreciate his snarky “tough guy” attitude when it wasn’t needed.

When people speak about police as if they are a monolithic group, they simply encourage the famous “us vs. them” mentality that is a legitimate problem in law enforcement circles. Also, I’m quite suprised to see someone using “renta-cops” in a perjorative sense on a libertarian blog. If radical libertarians get their wish (and I hope they don’t) your only choice for organized protective services will be private security people.

If they couldn’t be cops, they’d have to be soldiers and THAT is dangerous.