[jimt1234]

This has been down-voted a lot, but I actually kinda agree, at least with the second assertion. I've been going down to Baja, Mexico frequently for years, and, as an American (white dude), you quickly learn that you're a target for local police - you're basically their ATM. And there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. You just do your best to avoid them, like agents in The Matrix.

[WarOnPrivacy]

>> For all their flaws, US cops are some of the least corrupt

> I actually kinda agree,

It is my long and consistent experience (MI spouse) that the quality of police officers depends on the quality of the police chief.

We had good, experienced officers here a generation ago. A funding-addicted sheriff was elected. He fired cops w/ decades of exp and replaced them with just-graduated kids. The remaining cops were subject to some kind of dept environment that left them half-unhinged.

Addicted sheriff quit after a few terms and his replacement was pretty good for a while. Now he's average, so kind of crappy.

[watwut]

Germany, Finland, France, Sweden, Canada ... when you compare them to most corrupt states, you are not proving they are best. You are peoving they are not absolute bottom.

That being said, America is unique in officially allowing cops to kill people just because of how they feel, with no objective reason for it.

[account42]

In Germany you are not even allowed to insult the police and they do use that to go after people they don't like.

[L3viathan]

While true, that is true for everyone, there's no special law about police.

[shadowgovt]

Speaking of Germany, can you think of other points in history where the public banded together to subvert police authority and hide their neighbors from the cops?

Why did they do that?