I know there's good lawmen out there, cameras today are exposing the corrupt ones or the ones who are self serving. Hopefully more citizens will wake up to the injustices being exposed by citizen journalists, and help fix some of the issues we have today.
A truly honest, good cop cannot last more than a few months at most in any department! They will be harassed, shunned, set up, and sometimes murdered. Of course there are different “degrees “ of corruption, but that shouldn’t be an excuse.
Good example - Serpico. He still has to look over his shoulder.
I have a nephew that is a detective in a NW state. I absolutely will not have anything to do with him. The fact that he’s been there so long and advanced just tells me that he’s got to be extremely corrupt!
My stepson had an uncle (now deceased)in a police dept in some southeastern state. He would occasionally give him various knives and guns that were seized! Illegally of course but his brothers are probably doing the same thing! Who’s going to tell?
I’ve had more than a little stolen from me by Charlotte cops. Internal Affairs just acts like I’m lying and they’re not going to do a damn thing. We as citizens have no other recourse unless you’re financially independent. I’m not.
Do you recall the female cop that pulled another cop for speeding a couple years ago? She’s constantly harassed and intimidated. She may not even be a cop anymore. I haven’t kept up with it.
And if they shoot an unarmed person, you can just about count on the fact that they’ll miraculously become armed somewhere in the “investigation “.
Oh, and one of my best friends that I’ve known for 60 years is retired from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD. He’s held every position from Asst. Chief to Homicide to Internal Affairs. The horror stories he recalls are disgusting and still make him sick!
They’re simply just another street gang but have a badge and a gun and their costume that automatically makes them holier than you!