Are we living in a police state?

Okay, I am exercising my constitutional right to express my opinion. You can not do that in most parts of the world. Yes, it is true. However, I am beginning to feel that term law abiding has taken a whole new meaning. I was shocked to have received a 4 point ticket in Highland Park NJ, when I made the right turn from the shoulder. Four points! I am sure everyone of us has done it or do it regularly to avoid sitting on the light for a long time. In our great state of New Jersey, you can not afford to have any points on your license. Your insurance will go through the roof. Agreed, that the borough of High Park NJ is known to issue excessive traffic tickets. After reading the story about kids being sent to private detention centers in Luzerne county PA, I am beginning to believe that we have truly lost our objectivity about as to who the bad guy is. The system has gone binary. Either you are bad or good. There is nothing in between. In the Luzerne county story, these two judges were sending teenagers to these detention centers for months for very minor offences. The motive was money. The judges were getting a kick back from privately run detention centers in exchange to keep the occupancy high. Regardless of the motive in the PA case, I feel that we are living in a police state where any of us can see the wrath of law for minor crimes. As teenages, most of us have done stupid things. We grew up eventually. Jail is not the answer for juveniles for minor offences. Our country has a great number of real criminals already. We don't need to fill our jails with the made-up criminals.