> LEOs are just going to act like unaccountable criminal gangs, and that that mentality has crept so far into the police forces that a thin blue line punisher sticker is an acceptable bit of kit for a cruiser.

Well, they are unaccountable state-sanctioned gangs.

They can legally steal (forfeiture).

They can 'smell something' and legally trespass.

They can shoot and kill you for basically any reason. But they can fall back and say 'I thought they were reaching for a weapon'.

SCOTUS, even with more liberal justices, have repeatedly said they are shielded from 'official capacities', and that they have absolutely no requirement of protecting and serving.