You
do have your head in the sand.
I am not a cop basher, and I defy you to point out where I have done so. I have posted accounts of good encounters with officers that involve my family.
I could post a news account for every day of the week that documented police misconduct of some kind. I don't do that, because I think that about 90% of officers are dedicated individuals who try to do a good job within the bounds of policy and the law.
I was a public school teacher for 24 years. There has been no more maligned group then ps teachers over the last ten or 15 years. I believe that the percentage of good teachers to bad is about the same as good cops to bad. I don't deny, though, that there are some rotten individuals that have no business in the profession.
You, Sir, are way off base. Check my posts if you think I don't take part in the other discussions here. Don't dismiss what has been a pretty civil discussion to this point as "cop bashing," because I have not seen that intent.