On Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 6:19:14 PM UTC-4, Chalo wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote:

Chalo wrote:
Bad cops drove away good cops a long time ago. What's left is either criminals under color of authority, or those who'll acquiesce to/support the criminals.

Not where I live.

Maybe you can provide an example of one of your presumed good cops outing a bad cop?

Cops who won't enforce the law against other cops are bad cops and bad humans.

I don't know any examples where cops I know protected any bad cop.

The closest incident I came across was a few years ago when a cop in the adjoining
city told a young engineer commuting to work (a guy who had been my student)
that he had to ride facing traffic. We contacted the police department and
helped the guy write a letter of complaint.

The chief reportedly confronted the cop, who lied that he gave the (unlawful)
order only because there was a road repair happening just ahead. I heard through
other cop friends that the cop in question was a well-known asshole, disliked
by other cops; but that he was due to retire in a couple months - which he did.
Based on that, the cop got off with just a lecture from the chief. The chief
told one of my best friends - a Criminal Justice professor - that it would have
not been worth the trouble to do any more.

Yes, I'd rather that cop had been drawn and quartered. But I figure the other
cops probably learned from this guy's bad example. I was satisfied, and so was
the cyclist who had gotten the bad order.

- Frank Krygowski