First maybe I should mention that I neither like police officers in general as they are often the worst kind of human beings (along with journalists and politicians), and I dont like police as a concept.
But if I ignore those thoughts for a minute and just think of the current situation: if they are not very very soft right now, if they make a tiny misstep, you are in deep deep trouble.
well we all know you're our resident middle class anarchist, so your comments are as usual worthless.
I socialise with a lot of police, both regular bobbies and firearms units, and they don't fit your prejudiced, deliberately inflammatory viewpoint!