Cops doing their job honestly and serving the public need to be respected and honored.
However cops that are crooked need to be made into examples and sent to prison for decades.
Who paid for cops and families to come to NYC to pay their respects? If taxpayers I do not agree. We don’t see this for members of military that serve us.
The bureaucracy (cops, IRS, etc) must always be under the thumb of politicians (left or right?) that we the public elect. If they can side step our politicians we are in big trouble. Politicians that can not discipline cops or other bureaucrats means the huddled masses are in trouble.
Cops need always to be responsive to the public. When politicians allow them to control the public it is not a good omen.
Under the cicumstances of the looters and such calling for death of officers troughout the nation cities... I would suspect this huge attendence was to show that they are and do support their own and people needed to see them out in mass united.
As for bad cops...there are bad people in every walk of life...take a look at churches and hospitals, politics etc. and many other fields of public service who throw their weight around. And they do so by using people who do have guns even if they might not carry themselves.
I’m a grest supporter of Police and always will be...warts and all. Government not so.