re: #137 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Maybe it’s an English/American problem?

“the police being only members of the public”. I.E. they’re not special. They are members of the public paid to “give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence”.

I think you’re reading a “the” before the word “only”. It isn’t there. In this context “only” is synonymous with “merely” or “just”.