All my interactions with law enforcement have been exceedingly positive and very polite (all in NC), modulo the local rural county where I grew up, where it was

All my interactions with law enforcement have been exceedingly positive and very polite (all in NC), modulo the local rural county where I grew up, where it was common for at least one of them to follow you driving home for 20 minutes home from school to see if you ever committed a traffic violation. I'm guessing that guy is retired now. Assuming the police are up to no good going into a situation will make things end badly, and creates a toxic culture. That being said, recent events make it clear that monitoring is a very good thing, and I think would be widely welcomed from both sides of the coin. I think it's fair to say there are bad apples, and I greatly support the body camera plan for dealing with it and making it possible to request review when someone thinks they are treated unfairly, and this also prevents them from being treated unfairly in false claims.