- The history of police in the United States has been intentionally decentralized from the outset.
- The prospect that the U.S. will ever become a police state is remote.
- Americans and our law enforcement agencies have a skewed sense of true risks.
After the Dark Knight shooting, the New York Police Department mobilized to cover screenings of the film to thwart copycat crimes. And while that kind of reaction offered a sense of security to many moviegoers, a permanent police or military presence at all theaters and other public places would likely seem a little too Big Brother for most Americans.
Even if there were a public outcry for constant police surveillance, experts say, the American system of policing is far too decentralized to make that possible, making it highly unlikely that the United States will ever become a police state.
At the same time, debates continue about whether the American police system actually defends U.S. citizens from real threats or if we're blinded by a skewed sense of risk-assessment.
Comment: The author seems to be choosing to ignore the increasing presence of the military on US streets and in our skies. Here are just a few articles that counter the ridiculous notion that there is no risk of the US becoming a police state, when in fact - it has already happened!
Why Do the Police Have Tanks? The Strange and Dangerous Militarization of the US Police Force
It's Happened: Paramilitary Police vs Civilians in Anaheim
Drones in Texas and Tanks in Tampa: Inside the Out-Of-Control Weaponized Homeland Security State
US: Congress to Vote on EXPLICITLY Creating a Police State
Why TSA, Wars, State Defined Diets, Seat-Belt Laws, the War On Drugs, Police Brutality, and Efforts to Control the Internet, Are Essential to the State
The US schools with their own police
The Great Transformation: From the Welfare State to the Imperial Police State
US: One Nation, Under Guard
Department of Homeland Security 'Enforcement Training Center' Puts in Order for More Ammo
How to Fund an American Police State (aka Weaponizing the Body Politic)