The one who stated he was looking forward to kicking in doors was #1 just one and #2 angry. I’m not saying there aren’t bad cops, but there are also good, honorable ones. We always seem to highlight the former and ignore the latter. I’m not saying there are no troubling trends in modern law enforcement. The militarization of police definitely bothers me, and I definitely think the ATF and other federal agencies need to be reigned in. However, most police are not “jack booted thugs.”
That's because the latter cover for the former. I know an ex sheriff's dpt who blew the whistle on some of his colleagues for beating the crap out of a woman in the jail. He got death threats, and was told by the top management that if he didn't quit he would never be promoted, and would be put on all the crappiest jobs they could find for him. He testified and then quit. I believe one of the uniformed thugs was fired. The others got suspended without pay for a while, and the one that got fired was rehired in another county in less than a year.