Ammon Bundy was present at the protest of the spineless thuggery exhibited by the cop that arrested Sarah Brady, a young mother who arranged a play-date with friends and their children at the local park. It was an act of civil disobedience, yes, but one so benign, so innocent, that anyone attempting to stop it would surely look the part of a petty authoritarian with nothing better to do.
When a society moves from freedom to authoritarianism, the quality and character of law enforcement change as well. That change is in the direction of “serve and protect”, to becoming the armed enforcers of the totalitarian state’s diktats. The officers who have any qualms about beating and arresting citizens for dissident political opinions or non-conformist beliefs will shown the door, and in will come the thugs that have no problem with brutality.
