06-14-2022, 02:45 AM
testcase wrote:
Lets see, a person WITH A GUN who was UNLAWFULLY taking property from another. In the NYS Pebal Code, that's the definition of ROBBERY (a FELONY). Buy hey, it's OK, the "perp" is wearing a uniform.
I think it’s disingenuous to categorize LEOs as simply a “person with a gun” “wearing a uniform”.
We have police, and judges, and courts, to serve specific societal purposes, and we intentionally and purposely endow them with authority and powers that ordinary citizens do not have.
How, where and when they exercise that authority and use those powers is, of course, always subject to legitimate review by the citizenry.