Recently, the Victoria police set up a perimeter to keep out any demonstrators supporting the Canadian Freedom Truckers. I was stopped at a roadblock and the officers demanded to know my business in the neighbourhood.
I am a retired, white haired 72-year-old lawyer. I lived through the 60’s and 70’s and maintained my respect for police. Not once did I consider them to be ‘pigs.’
That is no longer the case.
My respect for an important and useful institution has diminished, perhaps disappeared.