here in the empire we have many illusions, one of which is  the 'serve and protect' idea which cops are supposed to be working for you and me. twenty years ago while visiting new orleans i saw the same thing written about in this article. in that case several cops went behind the counter in a cafeteria like restaurant and filled lots of carry out containers during lunch and walked out with out any money changing hands;


District Heights, MD — A rather disturbing video was shared with the Free Thought Project this week showing a District Heights police officer assault a man for filming him. According to witnesses, the officer was stealing a McDonald’s Smoothie and became angry when a man filmed him in the act.
The video was uploaded to YouTube on Monday. It shows a District Heights cop walk behind the counter at McDonald’s, and make his own smoothie. Some of the patrons inside McDonald’s began questioning the officer who only identified himself as a Sergeant.
“Why are you behind the counter?” a woman can be heard asking the officer.
“This is my smoothie!” the cop replies.
“Is this your McDonald’s?” the woman asks. “I’m going to get your supervisor out here.”.........https://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-angry-mcdonalds-smoothie-filming/