The two countries are too different to compare.
Its why it makes me laugh when social justice crowds try to compare the U.K police to the U.S police as some sort of joint 'oppression'.
Britain has had a lock down on firearms and never had a gun culture so to speak. Gun crime rates went up high in the inner cities from the 80s onwards, especially in the black communities but it has been stifled by laws, various operations, different strategies and in general just adapting to the situation.
many districts in U.S cities have up to several murders each week, let alone the shootings that don't end up killing people. In the U.K that would be a very bad week for a whole city let alone just one area.
Not taking away responsibility from officers involved in the shootings but it comes to no surprise. That when you begin to erode away traditional supports in society, you will then have to fill those roles up with the state. May sound like pseudo sociology 101 speaking here but in economics and physics you have this general law of compensation. A lot like energy, it doesn't simply disappear, it just transfers form and shape into something else.
By removing fathers from the household, the general family structure. Taking away jobs and trades, in general just the sense of responsibility or having any form of social contract. You are creating a monster there, and although you can subside the hell out of it with government/corporate money, you are simply delaying the reaping of what is being sowed.
This is also an issue I have with immigration. In general its not the immigrants themselves, more or less its because you are outsourcing a pivotal function of the society to people on the outside. Would you outsource your kid's education and exam tests, no because thats a short cut which will lead to further problems down the line.
Thus, no surprise that a police state is essentially being created. There is no discipline or authority in these communities being organically created, so there is a demand for something to supply this from the outside.
It is similar to the U.K in some ways,
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fir...67977.html
This sort of stuff happens literally all the time.