Go try the same in a non-Western country and report the comparative experience.
Histrionics over normal law enforcement that is tame and well-regulated by global standards is embarrassing — it makes Americans look uneducated and childish.
Eh, I used to think we had standards in the US, such as “no masked goons roaming the streets asking for papers.”
> tame and well-regulated by global standards is embarrassing
I live in the US. Why should I have to accept the comparatively poor standards of some "shithole country"? (Be sure to recall whose phrase that is.)