Yeah, feature length movies will show “bad cops” on screen for a few minutes, but the ongoing series tend to shy away from anything other that wholesome upstanding proud law men and women keeping the world safe from itself.
I used to live in a neighborhood with a lot of police residents. Most of them are “good” in their own actions all of the time. All the ones I knew were “good” in their actions most of the time, but once in a while they’d go all judge-jury-and-executioner with a badge and a gun - I never knew about any coverups, but I did have a neighbor get suspended for a month with pay and a strong word from his sergeant “don’t to that again…” The worst of it is that virtually ALL of them will look the other way / assist in spinning an issue to “help a brother in blue out of a jam,” and they know that they have each others’ backs that way, so they will do bad things because they have that confidence that they are untouchable.
Yeah, feature length movies will show “bad cops” on screen for a few minutes, but the ongoing series tend to shy away from anything other that wholesome upstanding proud law men and women keeping the world safe from itself.
I used to live in a neighborhood with a lot of police residents. Most of them are “good” in their own actions all of the time. All the ones I knew were “good” in their actions most of the time, but once in a while they’d go all judge-jury-and-executioner with a badge and a gun - I never knew about any coverups, but I did have a neighbor get suspended for a month with pay and a strong word from his sergeant “don’t to that again…” The worst of it is that virtually ALL of them will look the other way / assist in spinning an issue to “help a brother in blue out of a jam,” and they know that they have each others’ backs that way, so they will do bad things because they have that confidence that they are untouchable.