There are bad apples in EVERY bunch. The bad apples deserve to be picked out and thrown away. This guy was obviously a bad apple, but you can't paint everyone with the same brush.
I think that some police forces tolerate this sort of misconduct more than others. The cops here in Utah in my experience have been entirely professional and we don’t get many stories about out of control cops. When we do they are often fired. LA on the other hand has a real problem with rogue cops and falsifying evidence. Every city differs.
It’s difficult for cops to speak out because they never know who will be backing them up in tough situations. Serpico comes to mind.
Lunatic?
Not really, just observant. This kind of behavior amongst the badged and robed thugs is quite common and becoming more so.
Denying it changes nothing, these “men” are filth and nothing more..
Yeah, Zoidberg, don’t go tearing down the whole police-corrections complex just because there are a few million jackbooted thugs out there. Why, just type the words “corrupt cop” into any search engine—even on that lame-o Google, you’ll only find a few hundred thousand hits, not even a million! They’re mostly innocent, dammit!