It's amazing to me that people will still trust police narratives.
American conviction in religion has fallen ~20% since 2000 but that still leaves ~60% bought into skywizards as media owned by older more religious intentionally helps peddle Newspeak that obfuscates attempts to bring science to the masses.
"This is something I believe in firmly and will defend my belief in" is not what makes something a religion.
Real religions have tenets, rituals, and beliefs beyond things like "people deserve to be treated well".