Your logic sort of indicates that without evidence of the government wrongdoing then the subject is likely guilty of something. The burden of proof is on the state is it not?
As for the burden of proof, it's true that the FBI is responsible for justifying their actions, but that's not applicable here. This isn't a court case, the lady isn't going to sue, and the article didn't even try to get a statement from the FBI.
Also, I forgot another case 3. the FBI made a one time simple mistake. Without more information, I don't particularly care to give this woman any sympathy.
> Kayla McCleery, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Oklahoma City office, declined to comment.
To me, it sounds like if the guy working at Starbuck hear a guy saying harmfull things outloud, call cops, cops come to say hello, and nothing happen.
I don't see it heavily authoritarian, though I can easily imagine how it could be if it has some "bad" patterns