Honestly, you bootlickers who interpret any criticism of cops as "cop hating" make me sick. Nothing gets better without criticism, oversight and even competition. Cops have basically none of that, they "do it themselves" and are protected by rabid dogs like you that bristle over every slight. Grow the hell up - cops are bureaucrats with guns. They are not military, and they're not supposed to be military.
What is bootlicking about defending a police being charged and defending himself. Bootlicker would be if I defended the police officer if he shot a man that was giving up laying on the ground. I would be right in there giving such a police officer heck if it went down that way.
Am I in favor of a police officer not being able to defend himself? No.
One person on this thread was for disarming police officers. Who would want to even do a job equipped like Obama wants our military? IOWs unarmed.