C'mon that doesnt count, that happened against "inner city" folk, and they probably deserved it any way...
just like the "small town" folks that got "caught up" in Tulia, TX ... that was just a good cop trying to get bad trash off the street ...
/I really hope the sarcasm was noted there ...
I haven’t seen anybody defending bad cops. They are criminals just as much as those they frame.
But you must admit that the vast majority of the claims of police brutality or evidence-planting are false. If all such claims were accepted as valid, there would be nobody left in the prisons, as when the evidence is overwhelming the only possible defense is that the evidence has been faked.
Let me also point out about Rampart that it involved the gang-affiliated Suge Knight and criminal black cops he often hired as off-duty security, including one who robbed a bank and others involved in CRASH. So basically, minorities (to some extent) hurting and shooting minorities.
It was as if, at least in part, the Bloods had infiltrated the Rampart division of the LAPD. One of them was even shot by an undercover cop because he threatened him with a gun on the road (and that wasn’t the first time he had threatened someone.)
Lots of criminals go into being police. It’s the profession closest to what they do and gives them a cover of legitimacy or a ‘lawful’ outlet for their predilections.