Well I’d prefer if we didn’t burn it all down. That sounds like a lot of death followed by an actual dictator. The US constitution is very powerful and is a great tool for justice. I think more people need to understand US law and the legal system. People just assume they are powerless when in reality they might have a strong case.

I think the topic you are looking for is qualified immunity. Most people think it covers police all the time but in reality it only applies to reasonable human errors. There was a court case years ago where a identity twin committed a series of crimes in his brothers name. The innocent brother was arrested and then later tried to sue. The lawsuit wasn’t successful since the police had no way of knowing they had the wrong guy. He was released once they figured it all out and all was good for the most part.

On the other side of the coin, sometimes police can be held liable for negligence if they screw up in a way that isn’t considered reasonable. There was a court case where a women was arrested after getting off a cruise and detained for prolonged period of time. The person that was suppost to be arrested was in a totally different state and the officers involved all refused to check the victims ID. She looked nothing like the suspect and was arrested because of some unknown reason. In that case there was grounds for liability because a reasonable person would’ve checked the woman’s ID. No one involved in the case thought to check her ID despite the fact that she kept stating her name and asking for them to check her ID.