I am also in the UK. The police are a bunch of bullies. The fact they are not routinely armed means they murder less people than in other countries but don't think for a second they are anything other than bastards
America is an outlier at the high end. Doesn't change the fact we must assume all cops are bastards. There may be a few good apples who ruin the barrel, but one bad one can absolutely ruin your life on a whim with no comeback on them, so we assume they're bastards to protect ourselves
Really not the point I am making, my dude. My point is that we must assume that all police are bastards for OUR OWN protection, not that they routinely murder people