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You are certainly more eloquent than dman. I think that there certainly is a rise in the us versus them mentality. But I do not only fault the LEO's. Look at some of the responses on this thread. It's an interesting catch-22. People want LEO's to respect them and will only start to reciprocate after LEO's start. And yet people whine when LEO's do what they are paid to do. It's the LEO's fault that they were going 15 mph over the speed limit. Both sides need to work towards respect. To quote a line from a really bad movie, it's a two way street, not a highway and a bike path. Both sides are at fault and both need to start being respectful.
Hence why I find those people so sad and disapointing. Their attitude does more to alienate good people working at a difficult job than all the training and equipment combined. Such is the price of freedom.