I agree, though I would say the contempt is not consciously cultivated - and one certainly doesn't become a cop if one has strong anti-establishment beliefs. Rather, I think it comes from the dissonance introduced by internalizing the 'warrior mentality' which creates a fantastical perception of the cop's reality as an endless war against unremitting criminality. In such a reality, the barriers created by "constitutional bullshit" could very well be the difference between life and death to the warrior, who is taught that they and their comrades survival is the most important goal at all times. So they come to resent such checks on their power as being imposed by clueless bureaucrats and overly idealistic citizens who don't appreciate the harsh reality of life on the battlefield.

Don't think this is a uniquely American problem. Icelandic police just got handed a sentence for stripsearching a 16 year old girl.

> just got handed a sentence

And here we see why the current American problem is uniquely American — because that would never have happened.

That is true. I was pointing to the abuse of power thou.

If you read the quoted portion of his comment, you'll see he's talking about the officers being sentenced, not the offense happening in the first place.

They are saying that the police in the US often do not get charged with crimes when they abuse their power.

Of course it isn't absolutely true, but I think it is clear enough that there is lots of work to do in making sure that abuses of power are punished.

Always trying to deny. Racism is absolutely a strong dimension in LEO misbehavior. I have no doubt had be been Black the entire tenor of the reporting would have been replete with character assassination and rationalizations of the police actions.