Remember before the war on some drugs, and the war on a violent political tactic, when we used to have laws in this country? When the authorities were compelled to follow the law, treat the citizens with respect? It didn't always work that way, of course, but at least the pretense existed. Now the authorities treat citizens like convicted criminals from the get-go. And the citizens, for the most part, have let them get away with this- after all, as long as it's someone else and not them...