> I wouldn’t mind a patrol car circling the area, like a damn police state. Very strange that Americans now view a patrolling policeman as a "police state". Af

> I wouldn’t mind a patrol car circling the area, like a damn police state. Very strange that Americans now view a patrolling policeman as a "police state". After all, a strolling constabulary (which would drive in the US since no one walks) was part of even the 19th-century progressive "policing by consent" model that is still well regarded today.