In all honesty there's quite a few officers in the US that just want to help people. Some areas not as much as others, but all the same: There's more then our liberal media likes to let on (and a lot less then our conservative media claims).
The problem is the incredibly bad training our officers go through. Combine that with the fact that we really do have an alarming number of officers that will look for any excuse to hurt you while pretending to be friendly (and some that don't bother pretending), and you can see why we Americans have such a trust issue with our law enforcement.
venbrou OP t1_j1pfcim wrote
Reply to comment by rightcoldbasterd in How do you entice a Redditor to leave a comment? by venbrou
Redditors love their drama.
Unfortunately it seems to be a good way to entice mods to hit that remove button.