If your peace of mind is based on the lie that everything is already fine, anyone disturbing your peace by reminding you it’s not fine for them is perceived as an aggressor against that peace of mind. The problem is cowardice.

There isn’t any evidence of a knife except for a closeup photo which was taken of a different person in a different place who had a knife.

To summarize, an officer committed a mass shooting on a public subway in the effort to shoot a $2.60 fare jumper.

Government is always more efficient and effective than private enterprise pertaining to what government does. Private enterprise is most effective and efficient at yielding profit, since that is the only goal of private enterprise. Government is more effective at establishing and executing regulatory frameworks regardless of profit incentive.

There are variations such as your British style “all coppers are bastards” and the style I’m more familiar with which stands for “all cops are bad.”

Yes, worse than most in fact. In 2016 and 2020 the entire purpose of the Washington Post was to discredit the Bernie Sanders campaign. They were running multiple hit pieces per day every day. WaPo is the definition of controlled opposition and should not be taken seriously other than as an example of part of the US propaganda apparatus serving its function.