Nope, not buying it. There is in fact a vast gulf between police officers being allowed to use force to defend themselves from a criminal who starts the violence, and an actual tyranny that enslaved half of Europe for fifty years.
If habitual criminals aren't afraid of law enforcement, then the only people who suffer are the innocent and the law abiding.
I disagree. Treating thugs with kid gloves for fifty years is how this problem has gotten to be so bad.
And excusing the communist's henchmen for accidental murder is how you get the USSR.
Nope, not buying it. There is in fact a vast gulf between police officers being allowed to use force to defend themselves from a criminal who starts the violence, and an actual tyranny that enslaved half of Europe for fifty years.
If habitual criminals aren't afraid of law enforcement, then the only people who suffer are the innocent and the law abiding.