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Where do I live?
I live in a country; in a state, even, where a non-violent young man named Oscar Grant was shot in the back by a cop as he was lying compliantly on his face on the ground with his hands handcuffed behind his back. His murderer got two years.
I live in a country where armed policemen routinely break into people's houses, destroy their property, threaten them, and take their children because of a plant.
The police at this point are no better than a gang.
Power corrupts. the power to carry a gun and kill people at your own discretion (you know you will get off, either very easily or completely) corrupts absolutely.