But most cops I've been stopped by were thoroughly professional. And they also had me dead to rights. I've only gotten one traffic ticket in fifty years of driving. Even the county cop who gave me the ticket was polite.
There are 700,000 leos across the country. Some of them are going to bad. That hardly makes all of them out of control.
Did you even read the first link I posted?
A cop goes into a cemetary in the middle of the night and discharges his service weapon into a grave, then lies to a responding state trooper about it and the guy is still on the force?
It’s the “still on the force” part that I take issue with. Any rational person could look at this situation and maybe write it off as a situation where someone had a breakdown and should be shown some leniency. Should he still be in a position in law enforcement? He’ll no.
LEO’s are granted a heck of a lot of power as a result of their position. They are compensated well, are granted substantial benefits packages, and can retire fairly young with both. I don’t think it’s too much to ask that they be heald to AT LEAST the same standards the average man.