The reason why police arrested the non-violent protesters and let their violent attackers get away was that those students voiced their disagreement with Ma.

Although “Protect and Serve” is an American cop thing, surely this applies to all policemen, worldwide?

If I physically attacked you (I won’t) because I was offended by your comment on this blog (I’m not), would it be right if the cops dragged you away for that.

I would hope they’d tackle me to the floor and take me away.

Because it’s right.

And they have to do something, so arresting the students is the easiest action to take. And the protesters were the cause of the problem: If no one had been protesting, then nobody would have been attacked.

There seems to be little concern over right and wrong where there is clearly wrongdoing.

I’ve only had to deal with the cops on two occasions personally.

On the one occasion, a car stopped dead in the road, then reversed onto my bicycle, not on purpose probably. So I shouted at the lady and she drove off. I wrote down her plates.

When I went to the police station, they asked, “what do you want us to do?” which I would think is blatantly obvious. So they phoned her and told me they couldn’t get hold of her, the number was out of date, then “What would you like us to do next?” In the end, nothing was done.

My friend was hit by a car once and was extremely disappointed that despite there being a police officer at the intersection, the cop continued to direct traffic, even while my friend was in the middle of the street. He simply looked on while my friend pulled himself off the street.

And in the video above, the cops are so quick to pull out their video cameras rather than actually help someone.

Pathetic.

I really feel sorry for those who really need police assistance.

The police in Taiwan is getting more and more like that in China.