This is something I've realized is never properly discussed or straight up glossed over within the Naruto fandom - why giving the Uchiha Clan sole responsibility for a police force was an insult and act of oppression.
The world of Naruto and the economy of Konoha is ninja mission oriented. These missions grant both income and acclaim, often seeing the best of the best being wealthy in both aspects and gaining major footholds politically by virtue of being highly regarded.
A police force is the opposite of that model, there is no income stream beyond whatever budget is allocated to them and no way to gain any social or political or financial acclaim in a world where shinobi are at the top of society (even politically despite there being a position seperate from hokage for that power).
Yes, there are some Uchiha that were active ninja taking missions - but the majority definitely had to become officers by virtue of how LARGE Konoha is.
So to be given that responsibility, one that realistically should have been split among every major clan in Konoha, was not some show of faith nor granting an honor. It was a strategic move that ensured the Uchiha Clan could not gain any POSITIVE presence within the village nor any higher political or military position (how can one justify denying Fugaku even a jonin commander rank when he is OVERQUALIFIED).
Because take how we feel about police IRL and apply it to the Uchiha - regardless of how benevolently any of them behave, it will be (and frankly is/was) spun into them abusing power, being corrupt, so on and so forth when that was not the case from ANY of what we were shown in the manga and anime.
And it makes forming alliances with other clans difficult as hell because the Uchiha were already on the fringes despite being founders. They have not had one hokage from their clan, but instead have been made civil servants, something not a single Senju has ever been treated nor regarded as - because they're essentially nobility and the Uchiha should be too and yet are not.
Even the concept of hokage and it essentially being a hereditary monarchy title plays heavily into how the Uchiha are oppressed. Because literally every hokage, even Shikamaru, can be linked to the Senju Clan either by direct blood or as loyal disciples.
And it was only worsened by the Uchiha being moved into an isolated compound at the edge of the village. Now they're not only the face of oppression in the eyes of civilians, they're now outcasts in the very village they helped found and build, the same village that relies on their existence politically because yes, having even a single Uchiha is a major political and military flex of power that keeps enemies in check.
And yet compared to the other clans, the Uchihas were wasting away. Look at the Hyuga Clan. Sprawling territory with servants, acclaim, and political power in a village they did not found with leeway to keep their own family enslaved and sacrifice said enslaved family as they please.
Then look at the Uchiha who, even in the manga flashbacks, are humble in direct contrast with their supposedly inherent arrogance. They have no political power and are afforded nothing but disdain and distrust over supposedly horrid practices related to their Sharingan (which is nothing but rumors).
Tangent time, but that's part of why I hate Kakashi's moniker as "Kakashi of the Sharingan." One, that eye is not his, it was gifted to him by an Uchiha. Two, he benefits heavily from having it and Konoha does as well. Three, the moniker itself feels like a means to minimize the Uchiha and their Sharingan.
So yes, their plans for a coup were extremely justified and understandable as their genuine last option. They've been put in a position where they can't realistically leave nor defect from Konoha because no Uchiha would be afforded the nepotism Tsunade had (IE not being dubbed a missing/rogue nin and hunted down as such). Even if another major village took them in, it's been shown how easily Konoha demonizes them (because the "curse of hatred" is not a thing, it's propaganda spread by Tobirama taken as fact despite him not knowing shit about how the Uchiha operate).
