While I first heard "fuck the police" in the context of rap, it certainly doesn't seem to be a non-mainstream concept anymore. All of the people I know that feel that way are, as far as I know, law-abiding citizens. They've seen first-hand the ways that our local police have treated them (or neighbors) poorly, and have nearly zero trust that they would be treated fairly in any encounter with the police. They've arrived at that philosophical stance after seeing misbehaving officers protected by their departments, or "on leave" instead of fired or prosecuted.

After seeing and reading about various types of (local and national) police misconduct, not to mention the fact that police have asserted that it's __not__ their job to protect us, it's hard not to feel that their perspective is somewhat reasonable.