See, I don't expect cops to be perfect. They see a young guy walking down the street with an A-47 who doesn't respond to shouted commands, what are they supposed to do?
That's a real question - what should the cop have done instead? Be specific. "Not that" isn't an answer.
All you armchair quarterbacks, I'd love to see you be an urban cop. You'd be dead by the end of your first shift.
As far as not covering for their rogue/corrupt/criminal co-workers, I agree completely. THAT is something that needs to be addressed. But you can't say "all cops suck" any more than you can say all CPAs suck, or all construction workers suck, or all DoD contractors suck just because one or two make a mistake or are aholes.
I personally loathe doctors and frequently blanket condemn them, but that's just popping off because the doctor who did my health screening last month was terrific. Doctors make mistakes all the time. ALL THE TIME. But you don't see me digging around for malpractice incidents so I can go, "See??? ALL doctors suck!!!" And the media doesn't do it, either, although I will bet you money doctors kill more people than cops in any given year.
The media *wants* you to hate cops. That's why they go apeshit over every police brutality incident, and also make a bunch of them up. Notice they don't do that with any other profession, and yet you fall for it. Every. Single. Time.
