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Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

Being a cop is a very responsible duty. There is a lack on acknowledgement of this matter in the (American) society. I am convinced that the problem is a psychological issue.

It is but it's more than that. We neither admire nor respect police in this country so we end up with police who are neither admirable nor respectable.

There is also the fact that American police departments trace their origins back to the "slave patrols" of the early years of the country. These were nothing more than goon squads who chased down, brutalized and returned to servitude runaway slaves. Sometimes, as described in the film "Twelve Years A Slave", they rounded up free blacks as well.