You keep bringing up the mantra fuck the police.  I agree that the police can and do abuse their power and that reform should be an ongoing and continuous process.  I also agree that the police are forced to enforce unjust laws that have led to an overcrowded and unsustainable prison system.  But don’t you agree that the police do serve the public interest in much of what they do such as bringing burglars, white collar criminals, rapists, and murderers to justice?

You’re confusing the police for the criminal justice system, and you’re confusing public interest for the establishment.

For the record, the police do not bring people to justice. All they do is enforce the law. If you don’t understand the difference between justice and the law, then you’re fired from America, and you should drive down to Home Depot and give your citizenship to someone who deserves it.

Admittedly, the public interest is well served by criminal investigators and emergency first responders, but so fucking what? Those duties aren’t inherent to police. Any number of governmental departments and agencies can (and do) serve those functions.

What makes the police special, what makes them internationally fuck-worthy, is that they’re granted authority by the state to preserve order through the use of force. That, my friends, is the opposite of liberty.

Whether it’s sharia law in Tehran, drug laws in Los Angeles, or public nuisance laws at your local Occupy Protest, the police are the ones who can (and do) legally compel obedience through violence. I’m not cool with that.

At best, police power is a necessary evil. At worst, it’s a boot on your motherfucking neck. It will never be okay with me. I will never consent to that codicil of the social contract.

I do not recognize the state’s right to use force to compel my obedience, and that’s what I mean when I say, “fuck the police.”