They weren’t right then. They are now, to a great extent.
If not “right”, at least prescient...
There were bad cops and bad precincts then but the degeneration over the past 20 years has been tremendous.
The generally untenable claims of radicals so long ago
resulted in an initial mindset for many of discounting
genuine claims of abuse.
See e.g. Beichman’ Nine Lies About America.
sadly obsolescent now.