I see the problem with how the discourse has been shaped, and charged that all police are the enemy, and that they started it/killed more. They are people from the community doing a shit job, doing what they are told to do, to the best of their abilities in most cases.

And bullshit. It is rhetoric. "the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques." "This is exactly the same scenario as terrorists. We go in and kill innocent people, we bomb weddings, and then when people retaliate we wonder why they are so mad at us. Here's a clue- if you abuse people long enough and hard enough, they will retaliate." is pure rhetoric.

No, I am not. Why I inserted an explicit bit about being spoiled in a different country.

However, I guess I can say "I guess I can say I've educated myself about the country's history, culture plus followed the news closely for the last few years (also visited a while back)." as well. I have been reading NYTimes, PBS, Washington Post, etc, for long enough to legitimately remember a time when they would have been at the forefront of the Snowden leaks, as opposed to defaulting to the likes of The Guardian and The Intercept. American history is taught extensively, considering how entwined it is into our own, and modern western major events.

People need to cut it out with the divisive politicking online, or in person. Cops have, and always will be members of the community first. Community events like Gay Pride Parades need to be explicit about having people from all walks of life, putting forward demands that the police have a reduced presence is precisely how you make sure people do not see eachother as people, instead only as the enemy. There needs to be, at every level of government clear, and equal consequences for breaking the law. Yes, police are constantly placed in fucked up situations, an unfortunate amount of time where they need to respond to violence/real threats in kind, but they still end up in court to face charges of manslaughter. People need to call out any comments that of violence towards police as justified out, especially, as I thought it didn't need explaining, they are split up municipal, state, and national. Tougher policy changes for the US are the private industrialisation of prisons, the prohibition on marijuana. Take money out of the people who profit from the current state of affairs. However, the only practical, immediate solution is going to be more drones, more militarisation of the police force in America. Because until online discourse of "All Lives Matter" is not dismissed as racist, it will only get worse,. because somehow in the past twenty years, MLK teachings have been not nearly as stressed as they should be. EDIT: Missed some important words.

EDIT 2: Even though it is hilarious given the context of the Clinton FBI/State investigations, I am quoting aspects of what Lynch has said recently that I agree with:

“After the events this week, Americans across the country are feeling a sense of helplessness, of uncertainty, of fear. Now, these feelings are understandable and they are justified. But the answer must not be violence. The answer must never be violence,” Lynch said.

“Rather, the answer must be action: calm, peaceful, collaborative and determined action. Calm, peaceful, collaborative and determined action. We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law,” she said.