Average working Americans are apathetic enough about politics and their community and this kind of nonsense will only dissuade even more from participating. Ironically, you can't even get a cop out of their car to patrol my neighborhood yet they sit for hours spying on law abiding citizens involved in legal gatherings!
When the state violates the constitution our forefathers have died in vain. Didn't the police take an oath to protect and defend the citizens and uphold the constitution? Was this just words as we all suspected. This is confirmation for many of us that they do not actually serve the citizens as they boast but are merely servants of whomever holds power at the moment.
They are supposed to be servants of the law, not a person. They are supposed to be able to think also. They had law classes so the police knew they were violating the civil rights of the citizens they claim to be protecting. What is it about a uniform or a badge that prevents humans from thinking for themselves and knowing right from wrong? Just like soldiers who were ordered to shoot unarmed students at Kent State or the Nazis who just did their job. Even humans with a badge on their shirt should be accountable when they violate the law just like I am when I violate the speed limit or other laws… even if they are ordered to do so! They serve the citizens and the constitution after all, not their boss! Perhaps they do not stand for something greater or perhaps their oath was just words after all. I hope the opinion of this law abiding and taxpaying citizen, as "American" as expression is supposed to be, does not put me on a watch list."American" as expression is supposed to be, does not put me on a watch list.