[Alaska Wolf]

murderous thugs in stupid costumes playing Serious Tactical Operator (TM) while making embarrassing, disgusting and violently totalitarian decisions under color of authority.

All 1+ million? Do you want to include the military, prison and detention employees, corrections officers, crossing guards, security personnel, etc.?

But karma's an unforgiving bitch

So are arrogance, self-righteousness and criminal behavior.

I'm not in law enforcement for the very simple reason that I don't suffer fools, druggies or criminal animals. I'm surprised anyone would want the job.

[Robert Teesdale]

All 1+ million? Do you want to include the military, prison and detention employees, corrections officers, crossing guards, security personnel, etc.?

Disingenuous. Good try though, I'll give you a quarter-point for creatively blending crossing guards with the Marines, even though I've yet to see my neighbor mom strap a load-bearing harness over her blaze orange vest at the entrance to my neighborhood.

Funnily enough, the local police force does occasionally loan her an official Community Resource Vehicle so perhaps I'm just inattentive to the granular details of her incipient statism.

I've certainly never seen her blow gunfire through the brain pan of a Jack Russell either, although she may fantasize about it. No way to tell.

So are arrogance, self-righteousness and criminal behavior.

The very definition of what drives the murderous jackbooting that is under discussion, is it not? How apt.

I'm not in law enforcement for the very simple reason that I don't suffer fools, druggies or criminal animals. I'm surprised anyone would want the job.

"Criminal animals" is wonderful! I think you've coined a darling, scintillating and opposition-proof term. Simply label it a criminal animal and the State can accelerate along the response gradient from determination to termination. Really quite lovely.