"Hope the stolen property was not your house or something essential..."
It was my property, all of it. I walked away in clothes I didn't own. Everything I had worked all my life to achieve. Ten acres, a 4 bedroom house, all my vehicles, tools, family pictures--everything.
My point is that I am NOT the ruling class. The ruling class don't get cuffed and beaten in a holding cell by a dumb cop.
We have heard the saying that absolute power corrupts absolutely. What is really true is that somewhere between $5k and $50k the temptation to be corrupt overwhelms almost all people.
In order that this not happen to me, I remain poor.
Poor, I can be honest.