Reply #67: I think it probably was real. No, it's not illegal, but cops assault and arrest

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people for anything at all these days, whether it is illegal or not. In fact, they even arrest people for nothing. I read recently about a cop who was unable to catch someone he was chasing. A group of teenaged boys who were watching the chase laughed at his inability to catch the person he was chasing, so he went over and beat down one of the boys and arrested him--I think the charge was obstructing an officer in the performance of his duties, or some such BS.

The cops in the US have become in many ways a huge, armed criminal gang. Yeah, yeah, yeah--I know not all are like that, and some are decent guys who risk their lives, etc., but as long as police departments and cops in general close ranks to protect the bad apples, they all take on the taint of rot.