This is Your War on Drugs

Yesterday I watched 9 cops race 5 cars and suvs around in a manner that I found absolutely and completely reckless. (They ran one guy off the road and almost caused another serious accident at an intersection) All to catch one guy, unarmed, shirtless and in filp-flops. This is the middle of a small town in the rural-est of rural America.

I wish I could send a message as one of the citizens "being protected". Sometimes its OK if the bad guy gets away. Please count the TCO of apprehending him, as it were.

Unfortunately, once those guys start "just doing their job", duck for cover. A subculture seems to have developed amongst law enforcement that adds "at all costs" to the end of every sentence like some sort of bad joke.

I've never used an illegal drug in my life (edit: not that it matters). But, I really don't care if someone smokes weed. I think it takes a certain dysfunctional personality to get worked up enough to go after someone selling pot so aggressively.

The real problem is that the people with the dysfunction are the ones attracted to positions which give them power over people. Some join HOAs and torture their neighbors about the height of a fence or color of paint. Others, like the law men in this case, abuse their discretion and the American taxpayer. It'd probably be a lot cheaper to get them all therapists.

Does this belong on Hacker News?

The act of trigger-happy cavemen.