"Gonna look for that gov’ment camp," Tom said. "A fella said they don’ let no deputies in there. Ma – I got to get away from ’em. I’m scairt I’ll kill one."

– John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 20. After leaving the Hooverville migrant camp, Tom Joad sets out to find the government camp where no police deputies are allowed. His anger against the authority of the police is so great that he fears he will kill one of them.