It's also unfortunate that the police in many places have become accustomed to treating everyone like they were part of a heavily-armed gang. That's the police

It's also unfortunate that the police in many places have become accustomed to treating everyone like they were part of a heavily-armed gang. That's the police's problem, and they need to fix it, pronto. I think it's a reasonable hypothesis that the ability to use lethal force with near impunity has enabled a police culture of maximum-confrontation. That culture is going to be hard to root out, and taking away the guns that enabled it (from most cops, and increasing scrutiny of who are still allowed to carry) could be a good start and do a lot of good.