You've been watching too many movies dude
Feel free to never question authority or its motives or tactics. What i wrote is the truth. yes i did live in NE for a lot of years. also, WI MN IA CO, CA rural and cities. iIt holds true everywhere. try asking a few.They'll probably refer to it as their back up. wink wink
Dude you've been watching to much "Andy Griffith" and "Dragnet" times have changed
Of course there are dishonest cops, just like there are dishonest doctors, politicans and Catholic priests. You made a common mistake when you chose to indict an entire profession with your "every cop I ever knew" observation.
I have cops in my family who have served in the Bronx and Brooklyn. My father was a member of the FBI. I can assure you none of these men carried a throw away weapon. And they did indeed choose a profession of personal sacrifice and threat because specifically because they wanted to serve the public. Questioning athority is fine. Talking out of your ass is not.
BTW, the papers are reporting today that Kimani 'Kiki' Gray was a member of the Bloods gang, and no one is denying that the gun was in his posession.