Cops are not there to protect you. They respond to crimes after they’ve happened.
Or try to build a case against you if you defended yourself against a criminal.
That is correct. It is not a slur on LEO to acknowledge that. Realistically, what else can they do?
But militarizing LE and shredding the Bill of Rights while pretending that will enable cops to "protect" us is a complete and utter lie.
We should be allowed to protect ourselves as our Constitution intended, and the police should stick to catching criminals *afterwards*...if we haven't already taken them out.