That was in the 1940s in a land called America.
Ah for a return to those glorius days of yesteryear. My dad was a cop in the 50’s and the result would have been the same Where did it all go so wrong.
True story from my dad’s era told to me by his partner at my dad’s funeral: My dad was testifying in traffic court before the magistrate about the guy he had brought in. Both were standing before the bench. The guy blerted out: your lying and spit at him. My dad leveled him in front of the judge. The judge, after looking a bit uneasy, banged his gavel and said: proceed. Today he would still be in jail and would have lost all his assets in a civil suit.