In 1776, our Constitution really DID put us way out in front of all other nations. But that was 236 years ago, and the rest of the world has caught up nicely, thank you- often with our help- while we have all but stood still.
When shit hits the fan however, german cops are trained by the Bundeswehr- their military- and I promise you, no gangbanger stands a snowball's chance in hell against the crowd who enforced order in Hitler's Germany. THAT is a model for a police force I can stand behind.
In other words, we have the police force we asked for, tolerate and therefore deserve. I don't like crooked cops; so change the playing field so that the good cops (most of them) will 'self police' and get rid of the assholes themselves, so that society doesn't need to do it for them- which is what leads to the kind of 'us vs. them' mentality that pervades so many police forces in this country.
you might be missing the big picture
I'm not a gay basher but the world has gone soft and the softness started in europe
and that only relates because you say their force is good for all.
think outside the box for a minute which race/color has the least gays?
ime when a group or person attaches themselves with the powers that bind they are either blind to the facts or don't care.
I say this because you say that "we got the police force we asked for"
i know how you mean that but weed and police don't go together.
black man smokes weed and eats white mans face.
rodney smoked some sherm and still can't get no respect.
trayvonn martin had weed in his system so alright pop em.
thats not enough for some people so you come here and dig deeper graves.
the news is propaganda but
you have to believe that colorado is burning.
florida is sinking.
california is broke
those are not race issues but coming together is
so they feed us fodder to continue the divide.
i dont mind one bit. i pray and talk to God every day and i love my neighbors too.
there aren't many countries left that don't mimic the hitleresque military.
and if you don't believe in God you probably don't see the wildfires creating an exodus.
playing the devils advocate is so stupid i quit. its impossible to do with out speaking with a forked tounge.
plus it opens you up to a whole mess of intrusive stuff.
btw where did you go?