I don't think that there are many truly bad cops. Jerks, plenty. As much of their job consists of roadside revenue, of course they leave a foul taste. But there are a million cops in this country, cameras everywhere, a radical media that loves nothing more than to tear down a white authority figure, and even with all of that these pig-assaults-nurse stories aren't a daily thing. That's doing awfully well in my book.
That said, the invariable progression of these stories wherein the department closes ranks around their bad apple and none of the other officers at the scene ever saw anything until the video leaks to the news three nights later leads me to conclude that there aren't that many truly good cops either.
Last edited by aspade; 09/02/17.
