It's not just violent members, Catty, it's also the (quoting Trek) "swaggering little tin-plated dictators", the ones who became cops for the power trip. These are the ones you have to worry about -- they're the ones trying to get filming and photographing cops turned into a felony, because they're finding themselves up on YouTube whenever they try some stunt that in former days would end up with some innocent schlub in jail for "assaulting a police officer" while the real criminal polishes his badge.
And they're out there. I've got a couple friends who are good cops, and they dislike and even fear the power trippers. And sometimes you can't tell a good cop from a power tripper until -- as in the case of that bicyclist in Times Square -- you suddenly get punched and arrested.
So I can understand Chris' friend's concern.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
And they're out there. I've got a couple friends who are good cops, and they dislike and even fear the power trippers. And sometimes you can't tell a good cop from a power tripper until -- as in the case of that bicyclist in Times Square -- you suddenly get punched and arrested.
So I can understand Chris' friend's concern.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.