It has nothing to do with being a Sixties hippie or anything like that.
Its about making a very public example or two out of someone.
You only have to do this to a few big departments and soon word would get around for the cops to watch their step.
Cops don’t prevent crime anyway. There is NO situation that cannot be made worse by calling the cops.
“There is NO situation that cannot be made worse by calling the cops.
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Tell that to the families of the 23 that lost their lives on 9-11. Their presence sure made the situation worse.
Maybe if the cops stayed out of it the building wouldn’t have collapsed.
Oops,”buildings” in post 109. Mea culpa.