Where do you see government in your day to day life?

I think almost all of the times I see government in my life it is in a negative light. As a young minority, when I think of oppressive government I look no further than the police department. I also am constantly reminded of government when I go to school. I am happy to say that the government “has my best interests at heart” without even meeting me. I know its cliché to hate the government, but many people that I know have their first experience with the powers to be is in a negative light. I wish when I thought of government I could be positive, but it is a two way street. If they took bad cops off the streets and put good teachers in schools maybe I would see the world differently. Until that day, I see all my freedoms as something I have had to seek out instead of being offered them from a young age.