The current trend in our country is:
Talk back to Mom, she smacks you and she gets arrested for abuse.
Talk back to a Cop, he Tases you, arrests you and charges you with verbal assault, resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer, disorderly conduct and anything else he can think of so something will stick and you end up spending 6 months winding your way through the judicial system.
Great. May I add that the “current trend in our country” is for people to have knee-jerk reactions regarding what the current trend in the country actually is?