because since 9/11 the US has ridden a wave of fear into a police state where the police steal more than thieves (https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still-t

because since 9/11 the US has ridden a wave of fear into a police state where the police steal more than thieves (https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still-take-more-stuff-from-people https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still-take-more-stuff..., https://www.nemannlawoffices.com/blog/law-enforcement-seized-more-from-people-than-burglars-stole-last-year.cfm https://www.nemannlawoffices.com/blog/law-enforcement-seized...) because it's legal for them to just take your stuff without ever convicting you of a crime or even charging you with one (https://www.aclupa.org/en/issues/criminal-justice-reform/civil-asset-forfeiture https://www.aclupa.org/en/issues/criminal-justice-reform/civ...), there are geographical areas where your constitutional rights simply do not apply and police can search your house or car without a warrant or your permission (https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone#:~:text=The%20federal%20government%20defines%20a,within%20this%20100%2Dmile%20zone https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone#:~:text=Th....), the police can legally violate your civil rights unless you can prove that they knew they were doing it and decided to do it intentionally (essentially, ignorance of the law is an excuse to ignore the law, and it's next to impossible to prove someone did know something if they claim they didn't, so unless the cop murdering you says "I am doing this racistly" he can just say later that he doesn't know what the law is and instead of disqualifying him that fact will protect him, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity), we train police to feel like an occupying army in a territory where everyone is hostile, down to and including telling them to use pictures of their wives and children as targets to reduce hesitation to kill innocent people and teaching them that the sex they have after killing someone will be the best sex of their lives and that that's a perk of the job (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/warrior-cop-class-dave-grossman-killology.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/warrior-cop-clas...), we very purposely do not make police track or publish figures on how many people they kill, and we also have this weird cultural tension we refuse to address where everyone has the right to carry a gun and a lot of people make it a huge part of their identity but also the police can legally kill you if they suspect that you could potentially have a gun, as is your right.