Sometimes I watch these old police detective stories on television... [View all]

[kentuck]

...like Highway Patrol, with Broderick Crawford. They take me back to a more innocent time, when even criminals were treated with a certain degree of respect and humanity.

In none of the shows, even when they are arresting an alleged murderer, do they force the criminal face down in the street? Unlike the police in today's society, even if you are just a jaywalker, they will tackle you and force you to the ground with your face in the dirt. Every criminal is treated the same. Total lack of human respect, guilty or not?

I see the cruel tactics of ICE and other government police agencies, and they totally abuse the citizens of this country as if we are all living in a banana dictator republic.

Anyone else notice?