>the culture of covering up for the disgusting actions of the bad apples This implies to me like you think this culture is prevalent in most police departments

>the culture of covering up for the disgusting actions of the bad apples This implies to me like you think this culture is prevalent in most police departments. Yet you base this of the events a tiny minority of police departments. >You may want to work on your reading comprehension. Try to keep insults off of HN. If I misunderstood you, you should take that as a reflection of your own communication skills and clarify in another comment. Don't just waste everyone's time by just expressing your state of bewilderment.