Or you just didn't work somewhere with a lot of protests.
What you're doing is using anecdotal evidence, as if it's statistical.
What's more the past is more important to how things got this way than today. The government, all governments fear riots and uprisings. That's the nature of government globally.
Most protests that get anywhere remotely near riotous have a police presence. You can look at various french riots for that, or the Watts riots, or the Rodney King riots, or what happened after the death of George Floyd, ect ect...
Or look at how closely groups like the Pinkertons were with the state. The police are the state's enforcement arm... And I'm not about to have your Copaganda try to bring that into question.
The notion that "police are good boys and never used violence" is fucking idiotic. You can take that lie and fucking puke it out somewhere else, and pretend it's an argument/evidence.
"A cop lying about evidence? Well I never".
Awww and you even included a made up percentage about yourself.
....and does the comment you're replying to even say it's a matter of "allocations of time" and how police time is spent day to day? NO! No it doesnt. So you're lying there too with your Copaganda bullshit.
"The state would never overpay for a way to enforce violence or repress protest".
...what a dumb argument to present.
Also, a lot of police union deals are done around election time. Hell, head lf corruption Donald Trump promised the police a bunch of stuff when running. Most political figures do.
You get a Zero out of 10 for your trying to make this about how you spent your time personally.