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Police shoot and kill American citizens all the time.

Obama authorized the bombing of American citizens.

Those who are authorized to commit violence tend to do so. That in itself is not really saying much.

I don’t understand why you’re bringing up Obama. Nobody is defending him, and I think you might be inferring some sort of tribalistic defensiveness without any evidence. I see that sort of thing a lot, and I’ve never understood it.

Please correct me if I misunderstood the point you were trying to make.

The point I'm trying to make is that highly respected and even lauded individuals kill American citizens and people aren't generally afraid of them, so the fact that "they've shot and killed american citizens" on its own doesn't explain any fear. But I had misread the original question so my point was not quite relevant because the question was stated with justified fear already implied.

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