Cops are licensed thugs, always were, always will be. That’s why the state loves them and always tends to their needs.

and outside of the protests, this is how they stop any progress being made by the civil libertarians: https://i.imgflip.com/avkif4.jpg

State hounds.

Who do you want to show up when a band of thugs is marching down your main street burning down your businesses or closer to home, when they are breaking into your house?

Now imagine what would happen if the "bad" guys would do the policing.

Who pays them? The thieves extorting money from you. Who do you think they fight for? Most history teachers (paid by extortion) will never reach that point of enlightenment. Who do you think the agent Smiths are? Teachers, police men, politicians,...