>It's an oddity of US politics that this is perceived as a left or right issue at all Not that odd. One side believes in decentralized power which tends toward

>It's an oddity of US politics that this is perceived as a left or right issue at all Not that odd. One side believes in decentralized power which tends toward police doing "pretty much anything" according to their read of the situation, and another side favors reams of paperwork and regulations that may hinder effective policing. The oddity in the US is how the media convinces people to pick one side and criticize the other absolutely, rather than commit to compromise.