Then why do the good ones remain silent when one of their "brothers" is a bad apple?
The officer who wrote, Molon was not silent. The partner who was driving is not silent. Many police will stand up but there is a dynamic going on that is hard to ignore. The police are put in situations where they are under attack often. If their fellow officers don’t go to their aid without question they will get injured or die. That makes calling out a fellow officer a higher barrier than it would be for us to call out a fellow worker. This situation I have seen no police standing up for Mohammed but in other situations when the truth is not yet clear officers wait & see without condemning.
That is why there are review boards to get to the facts and a clear decision without fear of retribution. The review boards are the real battleground of truth vs coverup.