>How can any patriotic American read something like this and not at least start to wonder what happened to this country? Because, especially among those who se

>How can any patriotic American read something like this and not at least start to wonder what happened to this country? Because, especially among those who self-identify as "patriotic American[s]", the discussion always goes something like this: if you're dealing with the police in any way then you must have done something wrong and are therefore a criminal >>> criminals are bad people who deserved to be punished >>> who cares what happens to them, we shouldn't coddle criminals Any suggestion that any part of this is wrong is met with accusations of being soft on crime or the like, which is generally a political death sentence in the US.