[Wallace T.]

A local talk show host in Dallas was appalled at the lack of public outcry against the recent death of a Dallas police officer killed in the line of duty. Police overkill and bad behavior during misdirected SWAT raids, the perennial use of speed traps and other traffic citations that seem focused on revenue enhancement, and even some of the police behavior seen on the "reality-based" cop shows on TV have eroded the goodwill that should exist between the law-abiding majority and law enforcement. Mistrust of police is no longer confined to the black ghetto, as was the case 30-40 years ago.

America is slowly moving in the direction of a Third World type nation, where the citizens distrust the police and the police regard themselves as being above the law.

[Wormwood]

America is slowly moving in the direction of a Third World type nation, where the citizens distrust the police and the police regard themselves as being above the law.

I agree with everything you said except the word, "slowly".

[NativeSon]

America is slowly moving in the direction of a Third World type nation, where the citizens distrust the police and the police regard themselves as being above the law.

My woman is 30, white, professional. Never even got a ticket... she actively fears and dislikes the police. and we even have friends that are police.

Why is this? When I was growing up in Philly, we did not see the police that often but when we did we would wave and if they were stopped, we would talk with them.

It seems that it began to change in the late 80's/early 90's... police became sneaky. No longer were police visible in off colored patrol cars. Look at what we have now, sneaky unmarked cars and patrol cars that do not look like patrol cars.

1984 was off by a decade