It truly has become, ALL CITIZENS versus ALL COPS, hasn't it?
You guys have truly chosen to make war against us all, haven't you?
Yes is the answer to both your questions.
The purpose of the police is now to control you.
In their eyes, you[we]are, at best, criminals that have not been arrested yet.
There was a time when, at least where I live, that the police were on the side of the law abiding citizen. In Plant City they still are, but, the Sheriff Department is a different story.