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>How is putting cops in prison extra-judicial or cruel and unusual?

It's not, but GP's exact words were (emphasis mine):

>Preferably by ending up in prison, among the general population.

Which I've taken to imply "...so they'd get beaten up by fellow inmates". I'm not sure why he'd bring up that detail other than to imply that.

As for the rest of the comment, I'm not disagreeing with you on those points.

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> Which I've taken to imply

Unless you consider the interpretation "since they are part of the general population, they are picked from it, they are not outside the set of the "little people", they have a provisional mandate given under conditions, "equality" in modern societal systems means "all are the same in front of the law" and practical exceptions do not constitute substantial exceptions".

Fair enough! I misread your intent. I would be against cops being abused by the inmates (just as I would any other prisoner), though I would be in favor of cops getting increased sentences for equivalent crimes.

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