There are times when folk should be glad that the cops exist and should be a bit more aware of what it takes to be a good cop.
I have done some very illegal things in my time and I've had a very eventful life , I have spent time in the lap of luxury and I've spent time in prison.
I would've been considered a career criminal at certain points in the past but I still don't hate the police.
They do a job that most people couldn't do , how many of the "I hate the popo" brigade could face dealing with the true lowlifes of society, or telling relatives "I'm sorry to have to tell you , you're son/daughter has been murdered ?
There are good cops and bad cops and just like in the rest of society the public wants scandal so the media gives them it.

Bad Cop Implicated in Case

sells better than

5000 cops went to work today and did the best job they could.