If Racism is Bad…

[Beskar]

It is not only police, however. There are other crimes that can only be committed against government officials and penalties for common crimes against and official can carry harsher penalties, even if the perpetrator doesn’t know.

Being honest, you would have to be pretty ignorant and foolhardly not to know. Typical behaviour is usually being cautious and hesitant around an on-duty police officer due to feel of being intimidated/caught guilty with something even though you are innocent.

If you start bad mouthing and smacking an officer, you are 'asking for it'.

In life, we typically get away with a lot of things, simply because no one usually cares to get the authorities involved. But when they are involved, incidents are treated without the same disregard a joe or jane public might do.