Inspired by CreekDog's thread, how many of you have now reached the point at which you will now [View All]

go out of your way to avoid interacting with or even being in close proximity to a police officer?

I have, since approximately the year 2002, gone out of my way, sometimes literally, to avoid even being on the same city block as a cop. If a police officer's car gets anywhere near mine, I will actually switch lanes, and sometimes take an entirely different route to my destination. This has become habitual for me. Same if I see them on the street--I do what I can to move away, including going into stores I wasn't planning on going into, just to be as far away from them as possible.

For the record, I am a good law abiding citizen who has never been arrested. But I can now see most police officers to be not just unstable, but dangerous people who have near absolute authority to do what they please without consequences. Not only do I no longer rely on them to be able to protect us from crimes, I think they are little better than government sponsored enforcers. And it frightens me that our society has devolved to the point where the current standards for police conduct are considered acceptable.