Ive met my fair share of awesome cops in my life time one of which happens to be a very good friend of mine and an RCMP officer, and like any trade out there, their is your dicks and your diddlers, your aggressive and your passive ones. Ive also met my fare share of bitter cops that think they own the world. Well these are typically the cops that are always finding themselves in a heap of shit.. Shit the deserve most times. I think in all fairness sometimes the aggression of an officer is brought out by the stupidity of citizens when dealing with the police, ive been on several ride alongs with my friend and have witnessed first hand the uncooperative nature of some people and it causes the officer to react differently that they would prefer. Yes sometimes uncalled for but they are human as well. We all have a melt down from time to time. And as LOM said, we have no idea what happened before the video started, we only seen the finale.. Which brings me to my next thought about this.. If anyone is naive enough to actually believe that this is getting worse, i can assure you it is likely not. We just see it now, youtube, cellphones, CCTV EVERYWHERE, all things that didnt really exist 15 years ago. It is all now up front and center and easy for news medias to get there fingers on.. Its what makes and sells news today..
To sum it up, there duty is to serve and protect and i HATE seeing people put down ALL cops for one cops wrong doing. Seeing them in action many times and seeing the utter shit they have to deal with would make you highly respect officers. MOST of us couldnt handle there job.. Give them respect and i bet you will get respect back.. Try it, it wouldnt hurt.