Po-po in Philly arresting a man for wearing the wrong t-shirt, mostly at the behest of the crowd, but there’s a little bit of authority weight-throwing going on:

Who thinks it’s going to get better? Back in the good old days, police forces were formed to protect the rights of citizens. I weep, but I’m also buying ammo. That right there is pure bullshit. Not surprising it happened in the Northeast.

Let me circumvent an argument right here & right now, too: for his own good. Not following that philosophy would have possibly allowed the young man to get his ass beat, and maybe even killed, by an angry mob. And so, by extension, the Philly po-po can tell me to take my cholesterol dope, even though I’ve informed myself and chosen not to because it makes me feel like shit. Do you see how that works? Do I need to get deeper into the minutae? Do I need to stamp every dot between Point A and Point B for you?

And if the po-po wants to do some active community policing, they could have waded in and busted up the first bunch of assholes who laid a finger on the young man. But it’s far easier to cuff one young punk and drive him away to somewhere else, than it is to deal with a mob. Hard choice, sure, but I’d kind of like to think we go Constitutional here. Guess not. Welcome to Obamerica. Four more years on the way, and the hack isn’t even president. Mob rule — get used to it.