What is a police state?

Answer 1

pretty much what we are living right now

Answer 2

The term police state is a term for a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population, especially by means of a secret police force which operates above the normal constraints found in a liberal democracy. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control, and there is usually little distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive.

Answer 3

The term police state is a term for a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population, especially by means of a secret police force which operates above the normal constraints found in a liberal democracy.

Answer 4

In a police state the government treats the traditional rights of the people as obstacles to the objectives of the government, forgetting that the government gets its power from the people, not vice versa. Police states happen when people want the government to do lots of "important things" for them so they give lots of power to the politicians, who then misuse the power to stay in office and get more power.

President Ford said it well: A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Answer 5

One which is controlled by an extreme government ruling with an iron fist through the military and the police.

Generally communist (left wing), USSR as was, China, etc

or

fascist (right wing), any one of a number of South American countries.

It means there are no human rights and no justice - you could be locked up for anything.

Answer 6

What we are quickly approaching in the USA.