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Originally Posted by crockett
Yea know I've often wondered if it could be something as simple as a uniform.. I'd love to see an experiment, where one group of cops had to dress like Barney Fife and the other group dressed like the current trend of para military style uniforms. I bet you anything cops dressing in old school uniforms would act more respectful and would receive a better response from the public.
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I think you are right. Police officers didn't used to act this way.
Of course...the Supreme Court gave them a lot of new powers over the last couple of decades to help fight the "War Against U.S. Citizens"...oops, I mean "The War On Drugs".
I remember when they could NOT search you, could NOT search your car, could NOT open a woman's purse, etc.
That was in the 1980's.
These days? They are searching people to go to a concert!
And people just seem to accept it.
I guess now we are "safe".
