Let me start by saying I am not as anti-police as my OR Trolling persona might lead you to believe. I have three very close relatives that are very high up's in area PD's. No, the police are letting a few bad apples ruin the bunch. What is going on is nothing new, the only difference is it is getting taped now or people are so sick of it they scream bloody murder (pun intended) and get the press to report the actual facts of the cases. There is a code in the police force, no snitching. No different than the ghetto code. Two sides of the same coin. They have always covered this shit up...lied for each other. Had they been open and honest the percentage of bad cops would be far lower, AND more importantly the public would trust them. Yea, a ton of these cases in the press recently the cops were totally justified but they have been killing us and lying about it for so long we don't believe a damn word they say. And then there are the politicians and the taxpayer. Taxpayers won't pay for enough cops to keep the peace, and politicians divert what money there is from training and more cops to stupid shit so the stupid voters will re-elect them. I am an old conservative white guy, and if the cops have lost me, they have some serious work to do.