[m21sniper]

It's because so many extend the cops the benefit of the doubt and WANT- desperately WANT- to trust the gov't/cops that this stuff goes on to the extent it does to begin with.

The US gov't, and a good chunk of state/local gov'ts are either no damned good or completely incompetent. They shouldn't be trusted with simple fireworks, let alone trained hit squads. If one needs evidence that the US Gov't should not be trusted with guns, one only needs look at the total mess they've made in Iraq...