> That's not what happens in most countries ... with American ... Fair point. In the process of resisting, USians are a risk of shooting back. But I can't say

> That's not what happens in most countries ... with American ... Fair point. In the process of resisting, USians are a risk of shooting back. But I can't say whether I agree or disagree with your election of the qualifier "most" In my small (I say) set of adversarial encounters with law enforcement in Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, there were more than one person on the law-enforcement side of the encounter that appeared more than willing to do terminal violence, should there be any sort of excuse to do so. And those are "nice" places! I don't know what I would have found if I'd actually gone somewhere rough...