There’s a reason police act above the law: They are. The so-called “police bill of rights” is a list of special privileges that place them outside the laws that govern the rest of us, supposedly (we all know being white and rich makes you nearly as immune as a police badge).
Anyway, here’s Jello Biafra’s take on it from way back in 1980, when “Police Truck” appeared as the B-side to the San Francisco punks’ second single, “Holiday in Cambodia.”
