They weren’t right then. They are now, to a great extent.
Enough with the unfounded blanket statements. You sound like a Woodstock recyle.
SOME cops are pigs.
I had 12 encounters with the cops, 6 as victim and 6 as normal guy trying to go about his day.
In the 6 times I needed the cops, they did NOTHING. In one case, I found the wallet of the thief who stole my car UNDER THE FRONT SEAT. They did nothing. Cops never pursue crime, in my experience.]
In the 6 times I was trying to legally go about my day, cops pulled me over for traffic violations, several of which nobody’s ever HEARD of. Did you know it is illegal to pass by a cop on the freeway who is on the shoulder with his lights flashing? NEITHER DID I! But $260 later I sure do. You have do evacuate the lane (which I tried to do out of chivalry but was aced out by a truck).
Cops are Revenuers for the Welfare State. They never prevent or solve a crime. They always jack up innocent civilians attempting to legally go about their day.
That’s my 52 years of experience. They can spend the next 52 years trying to overcome my impression by CHANGING.