Pardon me? I don't believe I made any attempt to defend. In fact I suggested that the mindset of the U.S.A being safer than tyrannical regimes might be worth

Pardon me? I don't believe I made any attempt to defend. In fact I suggested that the mindset of the U.S.A being safer than tyrannical regimes might be worth reconsidering. As far as police enforcement and incarceration in general, the US does not compare to Japan or western Europe. Which is why I didn't compare them that way. It is well known that the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world. According to wikipedia, "The United States has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's incarcerated population". That doesn't happen without some questionable police behaviour.