If it just happened to scumbags I can see how it would be tolerable, but even that's not right. You've probably heard the saying two wrongs don't make a right. Those cops didn't know Floyd was ODing on fentanyl, and if they had, they still most certainly did the wrong thing. They aren't judge, jury, and executioner. Them doing wrong is still wrong despite the circumstances.

Even worse, it doesn't just happen to scumbags. You just almost never hear about it when it's not black people.

This was a local case, Goines was charged with murder and other crimes, and accused of a raft of misconduct, including having sex with a confidential informant, keeping loose drugs in his car, and lying about casework. A middle aged couple was gunned down in their home, their dog killed, it looks like Officer Goines didn't have time to plant the heroin in his squad car on the couple since the raid went sideways. Sounds like Goines might have been pulling this shit for the last twenty years, including murdering a guy in road roage that nothing happened over, and god knows how many innocent people are in jail or dead because of him.

The problem isn't that there's this one "bad apple," it's that he doesn't work in a vacuum. He couldn't have done this for decades with nobody knowing anything. The full saying is a bad apple spoils the bunch after all.

Or google police rape, it's disturbingly common. Imagine having to pay for a roadside ticket on your hands and knees, or with a gangbang. And when they get caught, pretty much nothing -- or very little -- happens to them. Or check out s/PoliceMisconduct, or on reddit r/bad_cop_no_donut.

BLM did nobody any favors, they took a real shot at possibly getting reform for an institution that badly needs it, and shat all over it. Had to make it only about race. Thing is, I suspect racism in policing isn't really a big problem. The cops do this stuff because they can, and they usually get away with it.

But nobody wins here. And we're just going to see it again. With the advent of social media and everyone having cell phones the cops just can't get away with business as usual. And they aren't interested in changing. Everything was all for nothing. It's sad.