you forgot a fourth reason.
Affirmative action hiring puts lousy people on the ranks of the force. Over far more qualified and decent people than those that can’t get over a D or F on the tests.
This is a huge problem because these losers make everyone on the force look bad.
"1 is the inner city. That could turn any good cop bad. After all, even soldiers get to leave the warzone eventually."
"2 is over militarization and a steady march toward nationalization of police forces. We were better off when our police were local."
"And 3 is bad laws that criminalize virtually everyone."
I'd add a fourth. The High Courts that often allow the Constitution to get stepped on by the police. No doubt being a cop is a hard job, and a thankless one, (though they do get paid very well, get excellent bennies, and retire relatively young). Still, an inner city cop has a hard life, period.
As for this deputy getting killed, his family can blame John McCain, Barak Hussein Obama, Teddy Kennedy, George Bush, and every other weasely, self-serving politician who lets these illegal Mexicans into our country at will, to gain the favor of VOTES. I wonder how Bush feels when he reads another cop is murdered by an illegal, or another American is killed by an illegal Mexican drunk driver? I know Obama feels, he feels good about it.
We need to SEAL the borders, not patrol them. And I did that mean the word SEAL to be a double entendre. Seal it up, and let special forces Aces like the Navy SEALS help patrol it. THEN watch crime go down faster than you can say: "The Democrats Stood UP To Give Caulderon A Standing Ovation When He Condemned American Immigration laws". Illegal Mexicans and other so-called "latinos" often come here with a criminal mentality and they simply ply their 'trade'. Just like the political leadership calls islam "the religion of peace", and lie through their politician teeth, they claim "most people who come here illegally just want to work", another blatant lie to garnver votes from these theives who enter the U.S. under cover of darkness, undetected by US Border Patrol. They start their American 'dream' with a federal crime, continue it with identity theft, and propogate it by sending money back to their turd world countries to fund more illegals to come here. It can no longer be said that "Americans are smart". We are indeed, brainless, selfish, and slowly dying from self inflicted wounds.
Three more reasons:
Impunity—They can get away with almost anything (often including murder), and they know it.
Culture of Corruption—The other cops are corrupt, so they go along with it. They take care of one another. They are an elitist fraternity that see themselves being above the citizens, who are all filth to them.
Power Corrupts—They are men, and Man is easily corrupted by having the power of authority with no checks and balances.