Well I still have great respect for the police so I was giving them some benefit of the doubts with my numbers. They are probably higher then we even can count.
I’ve only ever had one positive experience (that includes cop relatives).
Trust me when I say, when dealing with them keep your mouth shut & have a good lawyer handy, even if it means a night in lock-up.
My father was/is "old school", and shared the occasional story about when he and his coworkers would dole out some extra-judicial punishments when warranted, so he's not exactly the most Puritanical guy when it comes to matters of police abuses... but in every case, I could see where the rage came from and why it was meted out. (eg, pouring sand in the gas tank of a car that led them on a dangerous chase, etc. They would also do extra-judicial help, as well... letting drunks sleep it off and not recording the "arrest", etc.) These days, according to him, it's more like 'roid rage and demand for instant obedience than about righting wrongs.
He noted that today, it seems more like cops prefer to go after the easier targets, and leave the real community dangers untouched. He said his precinct would have been ashamed of itself if they ever let the real dangers simply go about their business when they were the only safeguard that the neighborhoods had. Sadly, most American men have been "civilized" by the feminist movement, and our hyper-lawyer-society has weeded out all individual judgement, so now cops care more about going home safely, and not following their conscience, than in making the neighborhoods safe.