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Cops constantly protecting each other instead of reporting each other makes it very hard to trust the system.

The Blue Wall of Silence

That's because it's not a few bad apples. It's everyone with possibly a few exceptions who still support the bad apples and are therefore bad themselves. In other gangs, there might be members who are not violent but they don't get a break because they're still affiliated with the gang. Well the cops are the biggest, most dangerous gang in America and none of them deserve a break. They are all bad apples supporting one another (see police unions and internal affairs) who don't give a fuck about anything or anyone but themselves. Our society would be better off without these thugs who think and act like they are above the law.

One bad apple can spoil the barrel.

I believe that there is an element that gravitate to this line of work, not all, but a demographic and they are not weeded out.