Glenn,
I made it very clear that this particular couple seemed to be very nice and probably were, and that I had no factual basis for thinking the cop himself to be corrupt.
It is, however, strange that a San Antonio, Texas police officer (and this guy is no more than about 42 years old, not some super senior guy, and not a high-ranking officer, either) can afford 2 fairly new Mercedes.
Unfortunately for you, the old saying that “one rotten apple spoils the entire barrel” holds true. Police do not self-regulate enough, allowing the few truly bad actors to continue to enrich themselves and to otherwise abuse their power. What are we mere civilians supposed to think when there are such obvious abuses that are seemingly never addressed?
I have to disagree with you. I have never hesitated turning in a rogue, and I know of instances that my fellow officers have done the same.
This young officer could have well gotten his money legitimately (inheritance, wife's inheritance, extra duties, etc). RICO money is not given to individual officers; it is kept by the department, or in many cases, turned over to the municipality's general fund.
Many of those who post on this site choose to find all law enforcement guilty. They look for fault like there was a reward for it.