Well police provide the same function for directing traffic around sports stadiums, large events such as concerts, 4th of July celebrations, graduations at large institutions or any other place large numbers of people arrive and leave en masse. I have just seen it as another instance of that. Maybe looking at it that way would help.

Consider their continued tax exemption ..and you’ll wanna spit nails! Shit, they don’t pay for the streets, police service, water infrastructure, fire protection… They’re freeloaders! But ‘the deal is,’ they (in turn) won’t become involved with government… Right … as their followers march lock-step to the voting booths to elect whichever ultra regressive candidate was suggested by the men in charge..

As they appear to be either empty or falling down in Europe, ‘over here’ their size remains competitive! ...good thing we’re not in the same car..

If they use police for traffic control, you have to stop.

I feel ya though, I live in small town Indiana, and all the nods to the church in our laws and enforcement are sickening.

Rebuilding that church/state separation is yet another problem we'll have, after we get back some sanity and constitutionality in this country.

I'm as far away from the ''deep south'' as you can get, but there are three churches within 5 blocks of my house and, every Sunday....the faithful just cheerfully jaywalk across streets, going to their cars. Apparently, they've all been cleansed or something....and they're safe when they've been ''washed in the blood of the lamb.'' (Isn't that just the most gross phrase?)

These are usually the first people who advocate for allowing bad things to happen to protesters if they impede traffic in any way.

I think of all of those pastors in those big fancy churches living like gazillionairs while so many of thier flock live paycheck to paycheck. They have the nerve to continually ask for more and more money, then when the city floods you close your doors so nobody messes up your nice money maker( Yes, I’m talking to you Olsteen)