Police and prosecutors misbehave frequently enough that the entire system is cast with a light of illegitimacy. The United States Government is one of the olde

Police and prosecutors misbehave frequently enough that the entire system is cast with a light of illegitimacy. The United States Government is one of the oldest extant in the world, and this epidemic of misbehavior, corruption and perjury is a good reason that it should decline and die. In my opinion, the only other alternative is to treat the misbehaving officials as criminals, but sadly, they are in practice protected from prosecution. One set of rules for the chosen, another set for the unfavored, and another set for those in the middle.