edited to add: And this is NOT the kind of police state that concerns me. What concerns me is when soldiers, police forces, and other govt resources are used to spy on innocent civilians and take down anyone who poses any kind of a threat to the existing power structure (including political threats). [/quote]
Based on your logic of “any threat to the existing power structure”, then you’re opposed to the FBI investigating any sort of terrorist threats, threats to public officials, and threats to infrastructure. Try again.
Everyone is “innocent” till proven guilty which means that any sort of investigative resources are initially focused on “innocent” civilians/tourists etc.