report the crimes of the bad ones. Abuse and corruption are pervasive, and the risk of reporting on it is huge. Thus, like any criminal organization, the system insists on omerta.

Good cops, in the rare case where they actually exist, are not in control of the police - the "bad cops" are.

they are to get into positions of power where they can make sure that most hires are of the sort that will not interfere with the nice little racket they've got going on.

Thus corruption becomes more and more pervasive, and the ones who won't go along with it either don't get hired, are forced out, or are scared into keeping their heads low and not rocking the boat.

Cops are the largest and most dangerous armed gangs in America. I actually saw that comment on a web page where cops posted comments. It was made by a cop--and he was bragging about it!

I don't have a lot of faith anything ever will be done. Especially not in today's RW-media influenced environment.

ham handed simpletons. Cops today are nothing more than glorified security guards. Good an bad apples? There is good and bad in everything human. It seems the bad is currently in the majority and it's going to take someone courageous enough to change things.

Hi Cha!

I just wanted to overshare..

Mahalo, Mary~ Same to you

Especially here.

If something doesn't change, US Police are on schedule to resemble
the Stasi Police/Gestapo/Pinochet's Chilean secret Police, within a shockingly few years.