“...and I don’t think it’s a negative thing.”
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I don’t think it would bother me either. Not unless it’s incessant and I am late trying to get somewhere. It should be comforting to law abiding citizens that you’re probably in a safer society because of it.
Who wouldn’t like it? Probably criminals.
Why do they have to feel persecuted? Even if they are not personally involved in criminal activity, it suggest to me that they are sympathetic to it. What they probably really want is something like what is happening in the US. People can come and go as they please, even from foreign countries without documentation, and not have to worry about having their activities scrutinized.
>Not unless it’s incessant and I am late trying to get somewhere.
It’s never happened when I’m in a rush, but once I was “pulled over” by a police car while riding a bicycle. Also, police do check for stolen bicycles frequently, and a lot of foreigners get caught up in these because once a bike is stolen, it gets shuffled from person to person, especially in the gaijin community.