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>>So, are the ex-cops who sided with Bundy still the bad guys?<<

Myself, I judge people independently, the majority of the time. If one cop screws up, he’s a jerk. When the next ten cops I have interactions with screw up in succession then I would say most cops are jerks.

>>It seems that in essence, they have become ex-Jack Booted Thugs who were armed and helped face down armed presently employed Jack Booted Thugs. <<

That depends. My first suspicion is they are infiltrators looking for Intel. Maybe after associating with them for a year or two, I might let them get close to me. If they were only a cop for one or two years and quit because of the attitude of their sargent /superiors. I would probably go easy on them.

Now if they quit after fifteen years, I’d check them out to see if they were fired or just what happened. That would seriously stink in my mind. I doubt if I would ever fully trust them even if I had a PI do a rundown on them.

"Myself, I judge people independently, the majority of the time. If one cop screws up, he’s a jerk. When the next ten cops I have interactions with screw up in succession then I would say most cops are jerks."

For the purpose of this conversation, I have narrowed the focus to the ex-cops who stood with Bundy, and I want to keep it from drifting from there.

"My first suspicion is they are infiltrators looking for Intel. Maybe after associating with them for a year or two, I might let them get close to me."

Bundy did not have time to wait a year or two. The accounts were that the situation was tense, and if one shot were fired then a LOT of shots would have been fired. This would not have been a good spot to be in for someone collecting intel. Regardless, because you require a year or two to determine trustworthiness, it must conclude that you believe the ex-cops were still the bad guys.