With all the outcry on both sides regarding law enforcement, I figured it's high time I weigh in on it with my own personal experiences and observations. Ever since the 2004 RNC, I've noticed a disturbing trend by law enforcement to initiate violence against peaceful protests and gatherings while disappearing almost entirely during acts of violence and mass vandalism. Quite a bit of money, time, and materials already tends to go into police departments across the country. Even the smallest of them now have assault weapons, armored vehicles, and more - and now that they have them they look for any excuse to use them, battering down doors and ramming into buildings for even simple things like parking tickets. Just like when they build a new - larger - taxpayer funded jail... they then focus on locking up as many people as possible in order to justify it's construction. Minor non-violent offenses that once were simple "cite & release" now end up being booke...