We're a country that allowed waterboarding and indefinite detention, and we're a country where the NYPD Intelligence Division has police files on what Muslims think of the State of the Union address.
The New York Times, vol. CLXIX (169), no. 58,674 (Saturday, April 25, 2020): "3 States Ease Limits to a Public That's Still Wary" (front section only) (Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic headlines)