Glare of Video Is Shifting Public’s View of Police

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4. "And while they represent just a tiny fraction of police behavior"

You're damn right they do. You think that these guys who've been caught murdering people on camera and then brazenly trying to cover up their crimes were perfectly professional and respectful the rest of the time that they were on the street?

Off the top of my head, I know that Darren Wilson, Daniel Pantaleo and Michael Slager all had serious accusations of misconduct against them stemming from incidents other than the ones that they made national headlines for. Even though the justice department didn't find enough evidence to indict Wilson, their other report on Ferguson detailed systemic mistreatment of African Americans by police departments all over St. Louis County.

These police killings aren't the aberrant acts committed by "bad apples." They're just the tip of the iceberg regarding the mistreatment from police that certain communities have to deal with day in and day out.