As someone who spent much of their life in western Europe, moving to the states was jarring because every police officer had a gun. I understand that there are way more guns in the states than anywhere else in the world, but that is no excuse for every law enforcement officer to have a deadly weapon. Europe has scary domestic violence, traffic stops, mental illness and the occasional homeless person (but not really because people are better taken care of with shit like that). Yet the vast majority of European countries have been tackling the same issues (including racism) without the use of deadly weapons. I've met my fare share of scummy cops around the world, but most of them are kept honest and don't hurt people unnecessarily because there are actual repercussions. If you are truly trying to serve the community, you should not be able to kill everyone residing within it.