Ferals. In modern American you are responsible for protecting yourself. Most violent crime goes down far too quickly for the police to come to you aid. Get trained. TONS of training.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Bruce Lee
Replace “kick” with whatever you’d like.
Simba child soldiers in our low-profile race war; nothing less.