Cops deserve our respect, President Obama says

[JonLP24]

47. I'll respect a cop if they give a reason to respect one

The way the profession is taught is to use trickery, con jobs, manipulation, lying and all of that is legal. Even with that there is still much "massaging" the facts on a police report, for a warrant, "testilying", "contempt of cop" justice, etc. Often times they behave like no one in their right mind would behave, authoritarian, so sure they know everything with arrogant certainty. When a cop says, "I know your involved" there is a good chance he is lying, it was a big clue when they use it on someone who actually isn't. Still -- do they believe that or do they care? It seems, depending on the circumstances of the encounter, their job is to start building a case on whoever the suspect might be and they seem to get locked into that tunnel vision.

Certainly there are cops out there that are admirable. Serpico, former Phoenix police chief Garcia, and probably a few others that come to mind. After awhile it becomes certain the behavior & attitude is due to climate, culture, etc. I have ZERO respect for some police departments such as the NOPD, NYPD hasn't ever seemed to change, Chicago PD is especially bad, LAPD -- hard to tell, an entire division was corrupt in the early 90's revealed shortly after OJ. Obviously, "noble cause corruption" is prevalent nationwide with a "blue wall" protecting them.