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In a democracy we should have a recourse other then creating a new party and becoming the government. With a strong esprit de corps between police and the judiciary this unfortunately isnt the case in a lot of democracies.

In any government you might have recourse against the police. There have been benevolent rulers through all time. In a democracy, the police are still the tool for the rich and powerful, and whether you're in Putin's democracy or the US's democracy, the police have to keep up appearances.

In France you officially have recourse, but there are many ways to make it ineffective most of the time... Very few policemen end up in a court, and they (quite) never goes to jail even if they had a protestor eye out. And decision makers are never bothered...