Current mood:	tired
Current music:	Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
Entry tags:	guns, police, politics, self defence

the legitimacy of the police
the british police are well-known for avoiding doing their job if there is any chance that they might have to confront actual criminals， as opposed to docile middle-class sheep who might have been speeding。 it is well-known that the police delay arriving on the scene of crimes until after they can reasonably expect the criminals to be gone， then say "there's nothing we can do"。 all the while they do all they can to harrass those that attempt to protect themselves independently。

apparently it is not just the british police：

George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and he said "no". Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available. George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now cause I've just shot them all." Then he hung up.

Within five minutes three police cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence and caught the burglars red-handed. One of the Policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

i'm surprised that the police bothered with the burglars when they had such a dangerous criminal to deal with。 there is only one reasonable response to this sort of behaviour：

The British police are showing they will not defend the society.
So why pay them? Where is their legitimacy?

The British government makes excuses. Why pay them?

A weak government with no respect for law, or even for the enforcing of law, allows a vacuum of power to form.

The British government is starting to use a pretence of law to undermine the law.

People call publicly for murder, and the police protect them.
People call publicly for murder and the government makes illegitimate ‘laws’ to enforce the demands of the murderers.
A person defends themselves against the violent, and the police charge them with violence.

Britain no longer has legitimate government or legitimate law.

if the police or the government refuses to defend you， they lose any right to tell how you may or may not defend yourself。