Police or Gangsters?

Every day there seems to be a new story in the media about a policeman killing someone "in the line of duty." Am I the only one who's noticed that this always seems to be happening in response to someone rrefusing to obey the officer's order? Since when is "failure to obey the order of a police officer" a capital crime? And where is it written that the officer who has been "dissed" is immediately empowered to act as judge, jury and executioner? Check it out if you doubt me. Even the most notorious examples of abuse involve someone running away, driving away, or otherwise refusing to obey an order. I thought only gangsters and punks were so worried about being "dissed" that they had to respond with violence. From personal experience, I can testify that too many SF Police have a giant chip on their shoulder about not being "respected." Well, respect and authority have to be EARNED. They are not automatically issued with a badge. Of course, the same is true and more so in Iraq, where our private mercenaries are usually the most violent and insecure "authorities."

Neither at home nor in Iraq is there anything like serious oversight of these abuses of authority, much less actual consequences. Our fear of "anarchy" interferes with our sense of justice. Not to strectch the analogy too far, but the same is true of umpires and referees in professional sports, especially Baseball and Basketball. There is no recourse to their errors, no matter how egregious, and the consequences of public disagreement, while not as draconian as summary execution, are always way out of proportiont to the behavior.

I am implacably and unalterably opposed to capricious and arbitrary "justice." Whether we are talking about immigration, traffic laws, street crime or even "bread and circuses." if we must have laws, they have to apply on both sides of the "badge" and they must be enforced consistently and responsibly. The Law is already primarily designed to protect the predator class and keep the rest of us in our place (the real Golden Rule is that whoever has the golf makes the rules), and they sure as hell don't make them for OUR benefit.

No, I'm not an "anarchist," we do need rules and the rules must be enforced, but someone needs to remove the blindfold from the eyes of Justice. Later, I'll address the problem of justice in the courts, now for sale to the highest bidder and the most sophistical lawyer. For now, I'll just note that "Legalism" is a mental illness.