it's not like the Japanese are angelic folks either, they remain hated by quite a few they oppressed older generation aged in WWII
I am alive now, not 80 years ago. 80 years ago, a young woman on the beach would not have been harassed for drinking a beer, much less for just being in reach of one. (Incidentally, the more you learn about Korean comfort women, the worse it makes Koreans look. They are hardly a bastion of women's rights today. They were complicit, and the issue was considered settled by both sides after a significant payment of reparations by Japan until they decided to stir it up again for political gain. The victims never saw much of those reparations given to the Korean govt by the way. Unlike the Philippines, younger Koreans are more vitriolic than the older generation about this issue, thanks to state propaganda.) This is all history, and a whole other topic, though.
This is about the US, and about today. There is no paradise on earth, but just about every developed country I know of has less aggressive law enforcement than in the US. The numbers of Americans in prison only make it look like more of a police state. If you were to mouth off to a cop here the way she did, they would either walk away, or maybe detain you if they had a good reason for stopping you. Certainly in a minor case like this there would be no trial. The person would likely go home after a few hours and an apology in a local koban. The criminal system leaves a lot to be desired here, but it helps that not every little thing is criminalized, and that the police are generally polite and unobtrusive.
"You're not allowed to beat me"... see she thinks she deserves special treatment.
What? Not being beaten is special treatment?? You are not doing a good job of refuting my position here.
I watched the whole video. She was mouthy and not particularly respectful. On the other hand, the police decided to intrude on her day at the beach with her infant daughter over a can of beer of all things. I wouldn't be too happy either. If there's a law against possessing a beer at the beach (which is an odd law to begin with, but it's America, where most everything is against the law), then surely they could have walked up and said that the beer has to be disposed of. Instead, they went into the whole "we are the boss" mode, asking her name, asking for identification, demanding she take a breath test. Twice.
Why escalate it that way? Bad enough there are so many restrictive laws in the US, the manner of enforcing the law is also important. Gentle manners and gentle enforcement go a long way, and it was the police who started off as intimidating jerks. They became thugs when they punched her. They must be proud.
There is a clear disrespect of authority, especially among young people in the U.S.
There is a clear disrespect that the authorities show for people in the US, starting at the top with a massively overgrown and destructive government. The police are just the enforcement arm of that contempt.
I will say that the police have a lot of work to do, with the steady decline of society and civility among the populace. That decline, I think, has been caused mostly by the state working to dismantle social and family mores to replace them with government regulation and state-issued punishment.
The number of people who say that girl got what she deserved disheartens me more than anything. A corrupt government is one thing. But the people.... America has a long hard road ahead.
