[ConservativeInPA]

I have zero problem with this. First, cops are paid by tax dollars. They are our employees. We should know who they are. Second, law enforcement everywhere has abused their powers while concurrently failing at stopping crime. This requires a little explanation:

LEO’s go under cover, infiltrate groups and make contact with individual citizens. They use paid informants to do the same thing and pressure informants into illegal situations so they can say they are getting results. They try their best to influence illegal activities, going as far as being side-by-side with individuals and urging them to break the law at the time the crime is committed. They ride this thin line of entrapment all the time. (Maybe you recall a little thing that happened on 1/6.)

Often times, while the cops are supposedly doing their jobs, they have DA’s and/or AG employees already on the job collecting information from the cops and informants work, ALL PRIOR to a crime being committed. These “sting” operations are not in response to crime, but to create crime. It’s the lifeblood for the political careers of DA’s and AG’s across the country.

Police can make their presence known by wearing a uniform and walking a beat in high crime areas. They need to gain the public’s trust (they certainly do not have mine), by not trying to trick the public, but by being honest, available and there to help. They can be there to defend citizens instead of hiding among criminals. They can be regularly investigated to ensure they are not being paid off by criminals.

Transparency with checks and balances will work.

[Getready]

Thanks for your analysis.

[KarlInOhio]

Remember, the Ruby Ridge massacre started with ATF agent Herb Byerly tricking Randy Weaver into cutting a shotgun too short so the government could use that "crime" to force him to infiltrate a white supremacist group.

[Enterprise]

Thank you for your opinions.

[Lurker]

Sir Robert Peele had it down pretty good back in the day.

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