"Not all cops are bad"

[awesome31312]

Police are individuals with their own thoughts and ideals.

Yet they claim to honor an oath to uphold the constitution

Funny how that works

Anyone can claim anything.

But not everyone is revered for their claims

[ScryptAsic]

Police are individuals with their own thoughts and ideals.

Yet they claim to honor an oath to uphold the constitution

Funny how that works

Anyone can claim anything.

This works both ways. They claim to uphold the law (generally only higher ranking officials swear to uphold the constitution), but it is also possible that others can claim the police violated their rights.

All police officers must swear to uphold the law, but there is really not a very good vetting process for potential officers so we will see a lot of bad officers. Plus the fact that police officers are given a lot of perverse incentives to make additional arrests and charge citizens with additional crimes that may not hold up in court.

[ChiliPowder]

The only people I have really heard say that are people who have some ties with cops.

"Not all cops are bad my boyfriend has been a cop for 8 years and he is great"

[awesome31312]

The only people I have really heard say that are people who have some ties with cops.

"Not all cops are bad my boyfriend has been a cop for 8 years and he is great"

Association fallacy

[DhaniBoy]

Police are also human beings, who need a rule or law that the duty and authority of the police is not out of the corridor, where a police officer working on a mistake that violates the law, of course, any such actions will be punished in accordance with the applicable laws of the country, with absence of legislation governing the duties and authority of the police, it is expected all that was done by the police can be run according to the rules ... 

[BADecker]

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely.html