@pjsliney @PaulDitz Seattle for me. Before then, I was sure our ruling class just didn't know and policing was a question of "a few bad apples."
It's amazing how fast almost being ridden down by a police horse for legally protected protest will clarify what this system is, why, and who it works for.
Mind you, it's not like I understood the whole scope of the picture even then; Iraq, the financial crisis, and even police repression of anti-fascist protest taught me more; but Seattle started it.