Almost every city and town in America has its own police force. Every state has a police force. The Federal government has several for differing reasons...FBI, DEA, US Marshals Service, and more. The USA also has a standing military and each state has a National Guard service, which can also be nationalized. United States' citizens should be well protected in the event of any emergency.
But, instead of local police that protect and serve, American cities have forces that kill and maim. According to The Guardian, 672 people are dead so far this year at the hands of these protectors. [click here] The Counted What happened?
After Pearl Harbor was attacked, Americans got angry and went after the culprits, Japan and Germany. The USA built a huge military and went after the bastards. We beat them into submission, then went home and re-built a peacetime nation.
After the attacks on September 11, 2001, Americans got angry and let their President lash out at anything that was an easy target. Instead of bombing Saudi Arabia, where most of our attackers were from, including their leader, we attacked Iraq and Afghanistan. Two very easy targets (and, our inept President even managed to botch these two missions). And, instead of letting our National Guard, Federal military, and Federal police agencies protect us, the gun industry saw an opening to arm every policeman in America.
In practically the blink of an eye we went from Officer Friendly to Officer Murderer.
From this:
To this:
How do Americans put this mean, nasty genie back into the bottle?
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