I don’t think they’re outnumbered. This bad stuff is broadcast loudly (agenda, anybody?) but is rather rare.
Mind you we’ve had some seriously stupid War on Drugs stuff here in GA. A baby badly burned by flash bangs, an innocent man killed in a raid, and an okra patch seized... That is why I have the left the pro-Drug War camp for legalization.
And, of course, we have those idiot People’s Republic of California cops who shot 600+ holes in a car with a hostage still in it, killing the hostage.
On the other had we’ve had great stuff; a cop buying a woman a child seat rather than ticketing her. Another, when called about her autistic kid, found out that the family was out of food and money, and got food from a pantry and from his own home for her and her children. I think this represents the best in cop-dom, and I think it is more common that pet killers.
But I think bad cops are rarer than good or mediocre cops. Most folks, including myself, are more inclined to go along to get along. But, in the case of cops, this needs to stop. The bad cops are undermining respect for law enforcement.
“This bad stuff is broadcast loudly (agenda, anybody?) but is rather rare.”
It isn’t as rare as you might think.
What is rare are “good cops” speaking out about it or prosecutions for it.
We do see from time to time, but never in certain jurisdictions, cops being prosecuted, usually only resulting in terminations and never jail time.
The problem is they let the bad cops continue to serve...So you know there are good and bad mixed in the same group...Better to err on the side of caution...