The history of policing in the US is a bad one, rife with torture and abuses that are heard about for decades until various notorious cases force the public to demand change. You also have generations of people who were legally allowed to be abused by police because of their race, or economic status.
That shapes the character of a country's police, and the people's response to them.
That shapes the character of a country's police, and the people's response to them.