Are you in the US? The first time I visited that country was in 1995 and I couldn't believe how authoritarian the police were. They acted like they were gods. I also saw two of them driving around drunk on a quad bike, causing trouble for regular people.
I don't think violence will be at all necessary to get things back to a sensible way of operating. Accountability has diminished over time and needs to be restored.
Im on the great plains.
We have lost much freedom since i was a kid.
Rule by force is the disease, who and how are symptoms.