I can't answer american issues as I'm not american.
I can see from the outside though and the media has to take a lot of the blame.
Also the NRA.
inb4
>muh guns
See, guns is another issue that gets violent and people take a hard-line. Why can't you say "The average person shouldn't be allowed to buy a high powered rifle and as much ammo they can afford and transport within five to ten minutes" without people saying "RABBLERABBLE TYRANNY FASCISM NAZIS FROM MY DEAD HANDS" lol.
You're damned right about the media though. They call cops guilty before the facts are out then cause riots and death but it never gets shown from the other side. Like the people who looted and trashed that 7-11 during the Dallas shootings, and were dancing in front of it. Reporters literally sat there as people were celebrating police deaths and committing crime and calling for more violence and said the people were forced to do it because the police pushed them to.
Pushed them to take advantage of a national tragedy and terrorist attack and loot malt liquor and beer and cigarettes from a convenience store? lol ok. Of course those reports and videos will be buried