Those who threaten residents during forced demolitions undermine law

"DO NOT ACT LIKE A MOUSE BY BEING DISOBEDIENT TO THE DEMOLISHERS." Those were the words on a poster hung by officials in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, who wanted to demolish some houses. When will officials get rid of the habit of humiliating residents and treating them as enemies, China Youth Daily asks:

Comparing somebody to a mouse is a humiliation in China, so people seldom do that. Yet the officials of Xi'an did. Their deeds show how aggressive they are and what an antagonistic attitude they hold toward people who are unwilling to move.

The officials have damaged the reputation of the residents, which is illegal. How could the local government hire these employees that have little sense of the law?