[jacquesm]

Your definition of 'common sense' is not all that common, that's the problem here. Whole generations would essentially agree with the statement that 'the police is here to help you'.

It's the police that is in the wrong here, not those that believe in slogans such as 'protect and serve'. That's how I was brought up and the way my parents viewed 'the law'. Quite a few people of that generation are still around and are still instilling their values into others regardless of how misguided that is in light of the developments since they grew up.