The police state is here. Wake up, smell the gunsmoke.
Personally I don't think the soapbox is going to do a whole hell of a lot of good, what with the number of government "educated" citizens in this country.
Yes to all you wrote.
Plus: DO UNTO OTHERS. They shoot first, and ask questions later. Therefore demand that they be removed from their posts first, and investigated later. Immediately remove them, and replace them with officials who take a public vow against the deployment of swat teams in such circumstances as prevailed in this case.
Protest alone won’t suffice. It must be protest that demands and produces immediate results. Don’t disperse until you get what you rightfully demand. That very day, that very hour. Do not accept promises to “look into it” or requests to “let the law take its course.” It is the course of the law that is now the problem.
A soap box can always be turned upside down and used to store ammo....