We have now crossed a threshold where Police cannot hide within the general populace.
Within a few years they will have to move to guarded compounds.
I contend it’s a good thing they can no longer be Anonymous.
I am sorry but this is pure ignorance. The police officer is not anonymous. He drives around in am marked car. He has an office open to the public. His name and picture are often published in the local papers. What is not widely known is their wife or husbands name or their children’s names or their home address. Because there is no reason for it. You think this is a good idea? That maybe some morons might show up at a man’s home threatening his family and just possibly end up dead?
Thank you. Well said.
What’s more, is that thanks to Freedom of the Press, we can have newspaper reports, investigation, and penalty for a cop who goes the wrong way. We can have it. Vigilante activity has a history of being at least as corrupt and dangerous, and more often worse, than corrupt cops. The San Francisco vigilante mobs, for instance, evolved to the point of hanging people for shoplifting.