Cops scare me. So long as you are on their good side, and kiss their *** if they pull you over, or stop you, so long as you do everything they ask you to, you're okay. If you don't, you could wind up dead. The force here has a bag-of-guns for planting. No joke, they actually talk about it like it's funny. "If you shoot a suspect make sure you plant a gun on them ha ha ha ha." and I'm like o.O dude... really? "Duh!" ... I give them free coffee at night where I work so they're all good with me, but I still wouldn't push them. It's always "yes officer, no officer" if I'm pulled over, and whatnot.
Now court, that's different. I have been fined for contempt of court on now 3 occasions, and I don't think that'll change. I hate court, courtrooms, and court officers, mainly because I find the system to be flawed on so many levels. But cops, they're their own breed, their own category of person, and I would never think of crossing them.
As for this guy that got killed... it's weird but every now and then you hear about stuff like this happening... what starts as what should be a routine thing turns into a gang-bang of crap, Rodney King comes to mind... just seems as if cops are so high-strung that they need to release every now and then so when they find some poor bugger that fits the bill they all jump at the chance, and kill the person. I blame the job, but it's not just what you have to do as a cop, it's how you're made to do it. Our cops have to work 12 hour shifts... 4 days a week. One month overnight, then the next month during the day. This doesn't bode well for physical and mental stability, especially mental... or emotional. I'd wager that these sorts of ridiculous expectations are what leads to cops being on edge, when coupled with the fear of being killed at every turn in whatever drug-laden gang-controlled neighborhood they're having to survey. They're militarized, shaved heads and all. "It's a war." Meh.
