I used to know a lot of cops. Knew them personally. I knew their wives and girlfriends (we were too young for kids, although some were cooking). They were working in the Western District in Baltimore. They never interacted with “normal”, law abiding citizens. It’s not their fault. Every interaction they had was a potential death sentence. I cut them some slack then, and I do it to all cops to this day.
Even more understandable if you’ve ever played around with the interactive Baltimore murder map.
http://essentials.baltimoresun.com/micro_sun/homicides/