They believe only in their own sense of justice, swift and decisive. Government officials have been known to misappropriate funds in the worst way. Police are sometimes seen as drunken thugs who blatantly abuse their authority. But never are these opinions accusatory unless someone is getting the short end of the stick. Never are people upset at police brutality unless they are being beaten.
Government corruption angers no one unless it affects their paychecks in a very easily seen fashion.
No one sees an underlying order in the Western sense and no one really cares about this lack of order unless they are forced to. We arrived at the police station and the two uniformed officers walked in behind me. Five or six officers in their light blue shirts and dark blue pants stood near several desks with scattered papers all around. Their faces looked dark and grim, eyes red. A man in a tropical printed shirt and unmatching tie sat at a desk against the wall.