Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28869806-20150430170122/@comment-25626003-20150511222028

Saying Tobirama didn't trust them is a bit of a stretch, given that, well, you know, he created the UCHIHA POLICE FORCE. I'll give you Hashirama was more leniant, and kudos to him for that, but Tobirama was well in the right to be wary of the Uchiha given their history. It's why he created the police force in the first place, to ensure they'd use their power for the good of Konoha & not for their own dark purposes. And even that failed, because look what happened...none of which happened under Tobirama's watch.

Bottom line is, the Uchiha are the most at fault because it's clear they had NO interest in discourse with the elders. Hiruzen was the most powerful figure in the village at that point, so if they took on Itachi & Shisui's ideologies everything could've been avoided. You can't say Tobirama created the police force to "spy" on the Uchiha, because the actual spying didn't happen until after the Nine-Tails attack, which was YEARS after Tobirama died; Tobi simply fabricated the story to mind-**** Sasuke.