[m21sniper]

The first line summed it up PERFECTLY, and really they could have ended it there.

"The policeman, is a composite of all men really, saint and sinner alike." (slight paraphrase)

Sinners (or scumbags/liars/asshats/dirtbags) with badges are a huge g-damn problem. There are a lot of sinners/scumbags/liars/asshats/dirtbags in all walks of life, and when they're cops it's problematic in the extreme. Because of the existance of these scum, there needs to be extremely stringent oversight over police forces. That's all i've ever said.

I admire the good cop that does a fair and even handed job in one of our drug infested combat zones we call cities everybit as much as i admire the veteran of Normandy, or the veteran of Chosin, or Khe Sahn, or 73 Easting, or Fallujah.

Just as there are bad cops, equally, there are bad soldiers. Some very, or wholly incompetent. If you're an Iraqi and you run into one of these guys sweeping your neighborhood, that could be a real big problem.

When it's a bad American cop on our street, we the people are the Iraqi.

My position is perfectly reasonable.