Yes. Big Brother is the moderators. They've made it clear that police bashing threads and off-topic threads are not appreciated.
That thread was started as a cop bash, and ran that way for several posts, and was then locked.
An identical thread was started, I guess at the same time in another sub-forum. I stepped into this second thread and steered the discussion towards self-defense. So far, the second thread is teetering on the edge ofcop bashing with little other self-defense analysis. If it keeps going the way it seems, it will likely be locked, too.
From the forum rules:
5) While you may disagree strongly with another poster based upon their opinion, we will NOT tolerate any personal attacks or general bashing of groups of people based upon race, religion, sex, or choice of occupation (e.g., being a law enforcement officer).
The owners do not want it. Please take it somewhere else.