The police don't seem to be there to protect the people any more. They seem to be there to catch the criminal, at ANY cost. A LOT of them have taken to the "Jack Booted Thug" mentality. A REALLY good episode was the one in MN where a man named Treptow was driving down the road with his wife and two children. An undercover cop, suffering some sort of road rage, pulled up alongside the Treptow's vehicle, exchanged some words, (without disclosing that he was a police officer), and pulled a gun and pointed the gun at Treptow's wife. Treptow saw the gun and just happened to have one at his side, as he possessed a valid carry permit. Treptow responded to the assault by firing two or three rounds into the undercover cop's vehicle and hitting the cop in the leg (all of this from the driver's side of his vehicle). Even though Treptow was merely defending himself and his family, he was charged with several violations of the law. The police officer had also been charged with some things, but the bigger question remains, why didn't the officer identify himself before he pulled his service weapon?? WHY did the office not call for back-up?? Why did the officer have such a huge amount of road rage?? There have also been allegations that the undercover officer was doing some illegal drugs (as a part of his undercover duties)
All too much, any more, it's a sad state of affairs that our police officers, who are supposed to "protect and serve" have gained the mentality that they are above the law and it just doesn't apply to them. They seem to think that they ARE the law. Hell, a good 50% of the cops in MN aren't even familiar enough with the laws to know that it's NOT a "Concealed Carry" law, but just a "carry permit", meaning that the average permit holder CAN open carry, legally.
