To say "the police go after criminals" is overly simplistic. They go after those who they are allowed to and that group of people changes from administration to

To say "the police go after criminals" is overly simplistic. They go after those who they are allowed to and that group of people changes from administration to administration making the police a political hammer and we are all the nails. Here is just 1 exmample https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/police-pasco-sheriff-targeted/intelligence-led-policing/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/p... Further when the police target you there is zero recourse you can take to resolve the harassment, when your neighbor does it there are many avenues. I would 100% rather be beat by my neighbor than my police.