[zo1]

"Cops deserve respect and deference, if only because they stand for public order and that deserves it." Whatever good they do happen to do is rendered moot by the fact that they are complicit in the bad things that their colleagues do without them speaking up about it.

[JoeAltmaier]

By no means is that true. Some are complicit; some are bad.

[zo1]

Watching/knowing and doing nothing about it makes them complicit. On top of that, that is the prime thing that they swear to do! To protect those that can't help themselves, and what do they go and do? That's right, they don't out the bad cops that prey on the helpless.

And it will never change so long as people like you absolve the shameful individuals that stand by and do nothing as innocents are harmed.

[JoeAltmaier]

Don't be silly; you made all that up. Some cops are aware of bad behavior and don't 'out' it. Some do. Like the rest of us. The rest are on the street doing good day after day. One doesn't 'cancel' the other in any way.

[omgtehblackbloc]

You're right, there are a few cops out there who out bad behavior. They are punished, demoted, fired, and even confined to insane asylums by the cops they "betrayed". http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/nyregion/officer-adrian-sc...

These cops are the true heroes. Unfortunately the reason we rarely hear about them is that there are incredibly few. Much more comfortable to stick with the herd, follow orders and take your check.

[zo1]

"Don't be silly;" It takes a special kind of evil to dismiss such injustice because it's mentally inconvenient. Shame on you.

[JoeAltmaier]

Only injustice I'm 'dismissing' is the stereotyping in that comment.