The police forces in most of America have become a magnet for sociopaths and bullies. There is such a deeply held belief and culture of covering up wrongdoing b

The police forces in most of America have become a magnet for sociopaths and bullies. There is such a deeply held belief and culture of covering up wrongdoing by fellow officers that it provides a safe space for the absolute worst behavior humanity has to offer. And, because there is still a strongly held belief among most of the nation that, "most cops are good" or even that most cops are downright heroic, that to question or criticize police is to put a target on your back. A number of my friends are anti-police brutality activists (a few relatively well-known nationwide for it, but all are known by name by many in the local and state PD), and they have quite long arrest records; all bullshit charges, none of which stuck, but all part of a campaign by the police to make their lives miserable. One "accidentally" had his head smacked into a marble floor, hard enough to cause a concussion and a pool a blood on the floor and a night at the hospital, while he was passively filming police at an unrelated protest. This is not restricted to Chicago, though Chicago seems to be quite far advanced on the path to being the worst. In short: I don't know what should replace police in the US, but drastic change is needed. Not merely reform; the whole damned system needs to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch. The prison industrial complex, of which police are the front line foot soldiers, is a national disgrace.