And this is why most cops should be tarred with the brush of corruption - it isn’t that they broke the law, but too many are willing to cover up, defend and sweep under the rug those that do.
This is, to a large extent, a US problem, because of the qualified immunity. Yet another cultural abomination that nearly doesn't exist anywhere else in the "developed" world.
People forget the original saying was "one bad apple spoils the whole barrel."
If you see corruption and dont speak up, YOU ARE COMPLICIT AND ARE ALSO CORRUPT.
All pigs are corrupt. They should all be gotten rid of with as an across-the-country RICO act as a criminal organization.
Engaging in a cover-up is in fact a crime. Recently a Massachusetts trooper who engaged in railroading a fabricated suspect was exposed for sending extreme racist, sexist, antisemitic texts to fellow troopers. But the names of those troopers and their own behavior remains opaque to the public. That's crazy! Nobody should put up with that.