[VRing]

"In any case, the cops are well covered by a number of other legal doctrines."

We are quite aware that the government has made everything they do all nice and legal.

[muawiyah]

Sure do. Otherwise no one but slaves would work for the government.

That, BTW, is the technique used by the Mameluks. I think you'd have enjoyed them even less than you do the sort of government we have today.