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originally posted by: billyjack
Due to the fact of more and more laws passed by a corrupt government we are all guilty of a crime of some nature against the state. By definition if there is no individual victim who has been damaged then the crime is against the state. As a consequence of the ever increasing victimless crimes, the police mandate that was once “to serve and protect” the citizens has been perverted where they now substitute the “state” for the “citizens”.
As a consequence there are more opportunities for confrontation with the police, who are trained to believe that “crimes against the state” require the same level of enforcement as actual crimes. In short, the poor police have become the government’s glorified tax collectors with side arms. In reality, they are just a more obvious extension of the federal government’s theft of the property and freedom using the threat of violence. If anyone disagrees that the government doesn’t use violence, I suggest that one refuse to pay their income taxes and observe the armed officials that will appear and forcibly incarcerate you.