A number of very high-profile police departments—in their entirety—have shown themselves empirically to be unworthy of the public trust in the past few years.

A number of very high-profile police departments—in their entirety—have shown themselves empirically to be unworthy of the public trust in the past few years. Yes, we have a very big problem on our hands. The system itself is deeply corrupted by perverse incentives and by a very large number of people with strong leanings toward authoritarianism and fascism.