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You mean the millions of them who go their entire careers without ending up in the news? Or just the few you hear about?

It's way, way more than just a few you hear about. These types of incidents (cop misbehavior, bad shoots, SWAT smashing into the wrong home, etc.) happen thousands of times a year.

If we only hear about "a few" it's only because the police succeed in covering up so many of these incidents.

Like this one, if only the line to 911 wasn't still open.

And this idot cops partner who "had his back?" He's representative of the rest of the force. Sure, 90% of the cops won't do something this egregiously stupid, but virtually every other cop will lie for him when he does. . .

Truth is, there are enough who do screw up to easily skew perspective for the shallow and reactionary. I don't lick any boots, and I'm not saying they never screw up. I know they screw up, every human endeavor has it's share of human error. Just some jobs make the consequences of that error much more severe than others. Human error is NOT the same thing as malice.

And there are far more who lie to protect the screw-ups.

I'd have no problem if incidents like this ended with the cops coming out and saying "we made a mistake - we're sorry, we'll try to do better."

But they don't. First the cops falsify reports, then they lie to back those, then they perjure themselves. 99% of the time that works because, in court, the cop's word is gold. But that 1% where there is a tape or video contradicting the cops - that's real gold.

It proves how utterly corrupt the entire organization is - top to bottom.

But that's what's going to start turning the tide against these scumbags - the world is a big old reality show now and these lying cops are getting busted more and more.

I haven't heard anything in this article that sounds like a cover up. They say they 'f'ed up. period. But the partner has his back. Something supportive you'd say to someone who had just 'f'ed up, without an ounce of malice, and without the vital information that would have prevented it: omniscience, or, failing that, at least have had a chance to hear that the homeowner was armed inside and holding the suspect.

It's way, way more than just a few you hear about. These types of incidents (cop misbehavior, bad shoots, SWAT smashing into the wrong home, etc.) happen thousands of times a year.

It's a big country with nearly a million cops in it, serving tens of thousands of cities towns and other jurisdictions. And much as the media loves their misbehavior, I don't think they're aiding in covering it up. I think they cover it, when it happens, as well they should.