What people don't get is that police are running a protection racket on cities and that city governments aren't really in charge of their police.

But city governments don't admit that to the public.

Because they're scared of police.

Police only serve police.

This whole country is held hostage by police and nobody is willing to admit it.

Nobody wants to be the one to admit that not only have they lost control, but that they never actually had it.

The FOP runs the police. Not mayors or cities or any government.

A Fraternal Order.

Oh. I realize some of you may not know what a protection racket is. It goes like this.

New business opens up in local criminal org territory.

The org sends some guys to trash your place, then comes to "suggest" that they can protect your place from "vandals" for a "small fee"

In reality the only consistent danger you were in was from them.

But you can't afford to rebuild your place every week, so you pay them to not destroy it.

And since they are ready and willing to crush you and your livelihood if you don't pay, you do.

Forever.

This is why whenever anyone talks about reforming police, the first thing out of their mouths is always the threat "Well see if we come when you need us then!"

Their whole existence is based on threats. Against the public, against their employers, against each other...