This is disgusting, and will only lead to more incidents like this [1]. Cops have too much protection as it is - they are essentially impossible to sue. They

This is disgusting, and will only lead to more incidents like this [1]. Cops have too much protection as it is - they are essentially impossible to sue. They are fortunately being charged criminally on occasion, but not nearly enough. Unfortunately the kinds of people that will take a high risk job for low pay tend to be seeking the only other "benefit" of the job: power over others, that they are likely missing in their own lives (or they wouldn't have pursued the job). Many of them take joy in others' misery, and they have guns and handcuffs. It's a bad combination. [1] http://www.8newsnow.com/story/21557505/cover-up-alleged-in-clark-clark-family-court http://www.8newsnow.com/story/21557505/cover-up-alleged-in-c... - A woman was sexually assaulted by a police officer during an alleged "search for drugs," walked back into the family court she had just come from to tell the judge about it, and was arrested in front of her daughter for "making a false accusation against a police officer" (which, it turns out, isn't actually a crime in Nevada where this took place). The cop and the judge that watched her get arrested and refused to intervene while playing with the woman's daughter were both eventually fired but not criminally charged.