carried out by a posse led by the deputy sheriff, cecil price. often in the south and in states like indiana, illinois and missouri after the great migration, the knight riders, the klu klux klan weren t con strained bit police. often they were the police. it took the federal government to come in and impose restraint. despite that history, most americans don t spend much time worrying if the police are sufficiently policed. which is fine as long as you re not the disfavored group. and the policing isn t directed at your protests against the war or against global financial interests or against wall street. or against a police shooting. as long as they re not telling your boss that they d better make you say sorry or else maybe your organization won t be so protected anymore. as long as you re not the one deemed insufficiently obedient or nonthreatening or child-like.