Axxe, you are taking way to much offense to what he said.I find it rather humorous that the noob wants to paint with the broad brush of generalizations, that all cops are bad! YOU cant trust them! THEY will step on your rights!
What I have learned over the years are a few things. There are bad actors in every career field. Cops, lawyers, doctors, mechanics, car salesmen, plumbers, electricians, and the list goes on and on. I have seen it range from just simple incompetence to out right dishonesty and criminal behavior on their part.
Another thing I learned over the years, the bad actors are the ones that get the bad press and get lots of media exposure, and even more so in recent times because media works at much higher speed than in the past. Things done in years past, only made the local news, now become national or in some cases even international news feeds. So the very few incidents that make the news, spotlight bad behavior, and in many people's minds and perceptions, they tend to think everyone in a certain profession are evil, corrupts, dishonest, and failures at being good people. Sad.
Another thing I learned, that regardless of the career or profession, there are people involved and they were people before they became part of that profession. People are human beings, and burdened by all that baggage that humans carry with them through their daily lives. Humans are not perfect and they make mistakes. People are driven by traits that make us human. And some people can be really bad, and some can be really good.
Cops are human beings. They are a person before they ever put the uniform or badge on. There are good cops, and there are bad cops. Cops are people who can and do make mistakes at times and are not perfect. The number of bad cops, are IMO eclipsed by the sheer number of good cops that just want to do their job the best they can, and to go home safe from their job like anyone else.
I'll trash and talk disapprovingly of any bad cop, but I won't lump them into a group and say all cops are bad people. Simply because I know that is entirely false, and just not realistic.
Cops have a job to do, and talking to them in an official capacity is never a good idea. You have the right to remain silent, even before you are arrested. Most people just don’t exercise it.
As an ex cop, I’m about as pro police as you will find, but any professional interaction with me will be very polite, and geared towards, are we done now.
Just a thought.