this writer makes clear where things may be going if the cops continue to act as they've been doing;

As TBP’er’s know all too well, anger with the police among ordinary middle class Americans has been growing for years, and rightly so. Allow me to address the law enforcement people out there. I advise you to read what I have to say very carefully.

Over the past three decades American law enforcement has been deformed beyond recognition. From friendly neighborhood cop you have gone to bully boys, cowards, and thugs. Not all of you, of course. There remain many good, decent cops out there. But the number of bad ones has risen at a tremendous rate and that is a very bad thing.

One error has been to turn local police into ersatz soldiers, often wearing military garb and carrying equipment and weapons meant for the armed forces. If this was mere play acting it would be distasteful but it is more than that. The Us vs. Them mentality that has been drummed into the police has had a disastrous effect on community relations. Without a trusting and cooperative relationship with the community the police become not peace officers but an occupying force, and the American people will simply not stand for this indefinitely..............read more..........