Indiana has passed a law (signed by a Republican Governor) that makes it legal to shoot government officials who unlawfully enter people’s homes. This has created a firestorm and the storm is definitely not in favor of government officials.
A police apologist is taken to task in the comments here.
And here there is more vituperation in the comments directed against the police.
This is definitely a sea change from years past when this level of vituperation was mainly the province of the lower classes.
And what has caused all this? SWAT raids by police. Especially the practice of 3AM (gestapo) raids and the “first we kill all the dogs” mentality. All that is especially decried when police get the wrong house. And worse when they get the wrong house and kill an innocent. Lots of those type cases are linked in the comments.
And you know what? This is leading to the further unpopularity of Drug Prohibition. Ordinary citizens, guilty of nothing, are tired of being real or potential collateral damage.
Update: 14 June 2012 1216z
Another Right Wing site chimes in. The sentiment is heavily against the police there as well.
I have been saying for years that prohibition would be the downfall of support for the police. Alcohol Prohibition had the same effect. Funny that Conservatives didn’t learn from history but had to repeat the experience to get the message. Well they are finally getting the message.
H/T CWPJR
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There are perverse incentives to come from this: while the police may be less likely to serve a no-knock warrant to the wrong address, they will be more likely to shoot you when serving one.
No system is perfect. And the “shoot first” attitude is already prevalent. So cutting back on the raids would be a good first step.
So the right seems to be rebelling against repression, but two posts later you claim this election is between the communists and the fascists? What gives?
There is the old right – Romney – and the New Right – the TEAs. One is morphing into the other. They are not exactly the same.
The Old Right loves control – Drug Prohibition exemplifies that. The lead elements of the new right exemplified by the Paul family wants to dump it.
The Old Right wants to manage Big Government. The New Right wants to shrink it.
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