And we also have an issue with people protecting and making excuses for police even when they are clearly at fault. There needs to be a happy medium where police can be scrutinized without people circling the wagons to protect them. They should serve at the will of the people and nothing more.

Militarizing police is the wrong answer. and most specifically, can not be done without circumventing many more rights of the American people. Venezuela has militarized police, looks like it's going stellar over there.