Well said. You nailed the heart of the problem: rather than talk about police brutality, militarization, and under-accountability, the media hyped a story about race. Policing issues are not about race. The statistics are clear. Does that mean there's not a problem? Not at all. But it means the problem was not and is not racism; it's abuse of authority.

I would disagree with you though in generalizing all abuses to all police. While some issues do seem to be universal to the institution (the militarization of equipment and tactics, for example), when it comes to the true individual abuses, such as the hypothetical rape you describe, I still believe that represents a small minority of officers. I hope I am not naive in that belief. I do agree that the majority of officers need to be condemned for the way they close ranks in protection when one of their number is called out for evil behavior. That has to stop.