That's a pretty strong generalization of policemen and I'm not letting it go unchallenged. We had almost 100 cops killed here on 9/11 who could have easily taken themselves out of the area of harm; instead they saved lives and lost their own.
Mistakes have been made, especially when the volume gets turned up and the adrenaline and fear is pumping, by cops in all states, but for the most part they are trying to protect innocent people from the scum of the earth.
I got enough of police-hatred from my years on the left; where they were always privately referred to as pigs and storm troopers. Please, let's not make this about bashing the police; their job is hard enough.
You don't have to hate cops to encourage them to face unarmed, peaceful crowds without firearms.
We are not the state's slaves that we should be dealt with that way.
BTW, regarding any police who lost their lives on 9/11, in not one single case were their guns of any use.