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This article makes the case that police are more dangerous to the public than the criminals they are hired to arrest. Read the article and post what is your opinion.
On a day to day basis from my experience I would say yes.
They not only are a threat to our freedoms, they provide little to no service at this point. They are simply there to raise revenue for the local governments and state.
"The US prison population is much larger in absolute numbers that the prison populations of China and India, countries with four times the US population."
"While writing this article, I googled “police brutality,” and google delivered 4,100,000 results. If a person googles “police brutality videos,” he will discover that there are more videos than could be watched in a lifetime. And these are only those acts of police brutality that are witnessed and caught on camera."
Marijuana users and non-violent drug offenders get treated like hardcore criminals and those who stole BILLIONS from the US Economy face no jail time and often receive fines less than the profits that they stole.
From what I can gather there also appears to be no real tracking, much less accountability for this either. Even though there are reportedly over 17,000+ agencies.
This is about the only tool I have found. Really amazing. 2010 Annual Report | PoliceMisconduct.net
They are the largest, most successful, organized crime unit.
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