On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:36:52 -0800, Greg Arnold
wrote:

[snip]

" In
other words, "we will stop abusing our authority if you don't challenge
our abuse of our authority."


The word for that is "extortion".

This type of thing probably would never happen in an area where there is
real crime. However, in a low crime area you have "wanna be cops" who
get tired of eating donuts at the coffee shop, and overreact to every
incident.

Time for Sheriff Andy to take Barney's bullet away.