Sadly, I know what you mean. But not all cops are bad. I used to think it was the 5% of bad actors that gave the other 95% a bad name. Now I wonder whether the proportions should be reversed (not literally, of course, but it does seem like many LEOs have forgotten who they are supposed to serve.)
Not all, but far too many.
No longer should any cop be given any benefit of the doubt about anything. They do tend to circle the wagons and protect their own, even if their own commit vicious acts of malfeasance and criminal conduct. Far too often we have seen unwarranted shootings; excessive force used against citizens; questionable stops and interrogations and much, much more. Police today have only themselves to blame. They have failed, miserably, to ferret out the poisonous elements of their “profession”. They have sought protections not available to the average citizen, via their “police unions”. They demand respect but give little...or none.
when I am next called into court as a potential juror, in good conscience I can scarcely say that I will look upon the testimony of any cop as being worth more than any criminal defendant. It is truer today than ever before that it is better a guilty person go free than to allow the tainted and disreputable police class to railroad any marginally innocent person into the crapholes they call “correctional facilities”.