[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

There seems to be a tendency for them to rally round and protect each other when the suspicious stories break, presumably worried about all being tarred with the same brush and I'd guess bolstered by the inevitable camaraderie that must form in these sorts of careers... But I agree that if I was a (good) cop, and saw one of these cases if obvious excessive force, I'd be fuming BECAUSE of the bad name it brings to everyone else.

you could say the same thing about any minority. you could literally say the exact same paragraph about the black community. there have been tons of instances of the black community rallying around evil black epople just because they are black. OJ Simpson, Tawanna Brawley, trayvon martin...