While I concur totally with the sentiment regarding affixing accountability here and the object upon which it is placed in this case namely those who restrained arrest for low level crimes then allowed to grow, personally, I think such elevation of an officer's funeral to the point of public spectacle is part of the problem. It escalates an "us versus them" mentality in the police that has led to significant abuses of power. This country went nearly 100 years without police, with citizens as law-enforcement. The press demonized "vigilante justice" while the courts injected procedure and precedent into law-enforcement thence demanding "professionalized" policing. It may have been a good thing in some respects, but it alienated the people from the law thereby inculcating a culture of "let the government handle it" with disastrous consequences.
These officers deserve the fullest, best, most magnificent funerals possible. They are our heroes.
I’d like to see how you get along whenever you call 9-1-1 and no one shows up at your door.