We have built police forces as a means to protect us from criminals. Accompanying the police we have built a massive system of laws, regulations, and enforcement all built for our own safety. However, somewhere along the way this supposed good will has been turned around. 

The police have become predators to those living in poverty, while white collar criminals who blatantly ignore financial laws go free. As we have seen in Ferguson, police forces ticket for their own financial gain. And then call in their surplus military gear to defend their own power when it is threatened. Is this what it means to serve and protect? The police should answer: Yes, to serve and protect our power.