Quote Originally Posted by BigMat View Post
The anti-cops guys aren't pissed at the cops (as best as I can tell) they are pissed at the policies.
That pretty much sums up my position ... although sometimes the verve with which many in law enforcement jump to defend these policies really makes me wonder how many cops wouldn't just love to have the right of Kiri Sute Gomen.

As for the spirit of Posse Comitatus, it was passed during reconstruction when Union Army troops occupied the south in a manner that was much too reminiscent of the Red Coats prior to the revolution. I don't believe that it's too much of a stretch to say that the spirit of Posse Comitatus is in opposition to a paramilitary police force in the United States. Especially when you look at most of the rights enumerated in the bill of rights regarding citizen interaction with agents of the state, they were all written in the same spirit.