There are millions of interactions with LE every day on this country. A large percentage of those involve highly charged situations. On average, cops do lot better job of not screwing people than doctors and lawyers. We won't even get into the bad stuff, like banking and insurance.
Anyone with half a brain knows this. It takes an incredible amount of self discipline to deal with the scum of the earth on a daily basis. Most of the people pointing fingers at the police probably wouldn't last a week without clubbing or shooting someone. I know I probably would not.
