Does it really help to disparage an entire group just because a small minority of said group are problematic?

I mean, if you think the writer should have use some derogatory term for cops maybe you should take it up with them. Still does not make what you wrote factual.

> the first ones, the Bow Street Runners

Incidentally this is also counter factual:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#Early_modern_policing

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_criminal_justice#In...