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I seriously think that we are definitely head to, if not already to a police state. CMV

I currently live in New York City, and even before the whole Boston unfortunate event, security overall has already been getting tighter and tighter. I saw on the news not too long ago about a bill being considered of installing cameras in a great majority of our street and also its inevitable the introduction of non-armed drones flying around the streets of this city where it can easily peek through your windows, no matter how high your apartment is. The mayor even made a rough and insensitive replay to the people who were concern about this, that its going to happen whether you like it or not.
Also, there was a proposal to censor the internet to an extent within the a closed door meeting by some branch of the UN.
I dont know if its because of so many movies and books I've read about our changing times and the near future. but I feel that all these events are clear signs that this is where we are going. and its not going to be pretty, at least for our generation.  
what do you think? maybe change my view.
gpt
If all the tyrannical governments are local ones, do you live in a police state, or a nation that contains a large number of police sub-states?

Because I'd like to note that most police are city or country government, not what people associate with authoritarian tyranny even when they do go around kicking down doors and throwing people in prison for a zillion years for growing pot.

That said, you could argue that a good deal of American tyranny in the past has been straight from local government - Jim Crow being a fine example.

But that brings us to "What is a police state?"