I may need to be straightened out on this, and I mean no disrespect to any member specifically, but I personally don't view cops as the good guys. Flame suit on.
They are, first and foremost, agents of the state. Once you properly understand the nature of the state being that of a criminal organization writ large and bent on fleecing the majority for the criminal benefit of an insider elite, then you understand the nature of its agents also. That doesn't mean each individual agent is evil or necessarily criminal in intention, either. Many are merely deluded as to the core nature of the agency they serve. I'm certain many Mafia capos and "soldiers" are convinced that, when all is said and done, they're serving a just cause, too.
