No, it's not victim blaming to accuse people of lacking common sense.
There's no excuse for not knowing that the police are not asking you questions so that they can help you.
There's no excuse for not knowing that the police are not asking you questions so that they can help you.
It's the police that is in the wrong here, not those that believe in slogans such as 'protect and serve'. That's how I was brought up and the way my parents viewed 'the law'. Quite a few people of that generation are still around and are still instilling their values into others regardless of how misguided that is in light of the developments since they grew up.
In my country there is very little crime, and the police very much only exist to serve the population and they are always trying to help.
Common sense here is that it would be foolish to think that the police are not trying to help, and I am very glad that the US's relation with the police is not an entirely global problem.