Quote from: Bitware on December 08, 2012, 08:51:24 AM

Quote from: Rassah on December 07, 2012, 10:59:27 PM

Quote from: Bitware on December 06, 2012, 10:50:43 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PdajUraK0LM

This idiot should tell this to my great grandparents, who had the privilege of having armed men break into their house, line them against the wall, and execute them right in front of my 10 year old grandfather, then have all their property and house confiscated, just because they were Counts.

What happened to your family was a crime, but it had nothing to do with police criminality, misconduct, nor breach of the trust of the public who employs them.
Police react, and they have no legal responsibility to do anything other than react. In America, the Supreme Court has upheld that law enforcement has no obligation to protect the citizens not in their custody.

It wasn't police, it was the special forces tasked with exterminating enemies of state. Back then it was somewhat common to see a black car drive up to an apartment building in the middle of the night, bring out someone with a bag over their head, and never see or hear from a neighbor again. But I was mainly blaming Stalin for that, in response to the video.

Quote from: Bitware on December 08, 2012, 08:51:24 AM

I am very sorry for your loss.

Don't be. It was way before I, or even my parents, were born, and though my ancestors lots their wealth, we still survived, and me not knowing any other life, it didn't really affect me at all. (Actually, a lot of our wealth was lost a bit before this, when one of my great*x grandfathers gambled and whored most of it away. It may have saved us a bit, since it made my family a smaller target, and not everyone was wiped out.)