Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache View Post
That's what twelve years of the Blair/Brown has gotten us. Policemen who don't police anymore. I'm almost tempted to say I'd rather have those US policemen who beat you up first and ask questions later. Almost.
Look at it on the bright side, IA. Not that far from where you live there are countries where the police strangely manages to combine both incompetent non-interventionism AND a 'shoot first, shoot again if asked questions' mentality.


More in general, I think the unarmed British bobby is still one of democracy's most powerful symbols. In the entire world, how many states make it a distinct policy to approach their population unarmed?