The power of the stick and the backing of the State. Remember, the State, the thing who has the monopoly on violence ?

You have to show respect to get respect. Cops demand your respect if you don't give it to them they will unload their magazine into you.

when i was at the hospital recently i had to yell a bit at a cop to help me because he was just standing there staring at me as i struggled to walk. i asked for a wheelchair because i was in immense pain and he looked at me and sort of just went "uhhhh" and walked off and came back like 10 minutes later asking "what did you need again? what is the emergency?"

i was livid and said i just needed a wheelchair. i raised my voice slightly and it obviously pissed him off, because he just shook his head and went to go grab one.

Originally posted by SolidSonicMania:

If I do it then it's all "disturbing the peace" but then cops are like "GET ON YOUR ****ING STOMACH RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!" and nothing happens.

Its power and they have more than you and they absolutely love to use it, I love those videos online when they catch them when they forget to turn their body cam off lol

because, as it has always been, those who belong to the armed forces of the kingdom are allowed to apply force on regular people
it doesn't matter what year it is, it has always been like that
the rulers just write down on a piece of paper that they are allowed to apply force, that's it, "it's the law" some say.

Its called "authority".