So you’re saying it’s okay for a citizen to threaten the life of someone they detaining?
I thought the stories about Burma were exaggerated.
I know you’ll probably resent this, but police are granted additional authority in a society, by consent of the governed in a free country, to pursue offenders and present an intimidating presence to deter would-be offenders. And I like that.
Abusers are another subject and can be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. But on the whole, the police function.... functions.
Now if you are talking about a random citizen just minding his own business out there on the street, snatched up and detained with little prior reason for this action, threatening life and limb may not be justified.
But catching someone in the commission of a crime, or to whom the commission of a crime can be strongly linked, THEN applying some forceful methods to gain their compliance and the real facts of the matter are an altogether different strategy.
A very strong police presence is one of the marks of an entrenched tyranny, as this sort of search and seizure without probable cause is not likely to be questioned.
There is a balance between strong police presence, and sound policing procedure, that has to be observed, else it tips either into anarchy or despotism, either too little order, or too much.