The state of knowledge about actual vs. mythical civil liberties is a disaster in this country.
People believe you cannot hold enemy combatants prisoner without charging them criminally, or fight back against a citizen who is waging war against us by his own admission, yet they have no problem with Wal-Mart security goons holding people for hours before they call the police, or local cops seizing property and money and refusing to return it even after due process.

We need some education here, and fast.