Police malfeasance is not extremely rare in the United States. What's rare is one getting caught, and even more rare suffering a meaningful consequence, and rarer still prosecution for crimes committed by police.
>a few bad apples,
You do know that you're misusing the quip, right? A bad apple spoils the bunch.
>very few police plant evidence at crimes.
On what basis do you make that statement? They plant evidence, they invent it from thin air (I smelled marijuana, alcohol, etc.) They misuse drug dogs. Some of them are very much "ends justify the means" types who will take shortcuts to convict people they "know" to be dirtbags.
>it's not a system which incentivizes and rewards the behavior.
You should study what motivates police officers. Fact is, such malfeasance is rewarded, a lot of other terrible behaviors are rewarded officially and unofficially. But the thing that's rewarded the least in policework? Admitting mistakes.
Police malfeasance is not extremely rare in the United States. What's rare is one getting caught, and even more rare suffering a meaningful consequence, and rarer still prosecution for crimes committed by police.
>a few bad apples,
You do know that you're misusing the quip, right? A bad apple spoils the bunch.
>very few police plant evidence at crimes.
On what basis do you make that statement? They plant evidence, they invent it from thin air (I smelled marijuana, alcohol, etc.) They misuse drug dogs. Some of them are very much "ends justify the means" types who will take shortcuts to convict people they "know" to be dirtbags.
>it's not a system which incentivizes and rewards the behavior.
You should study what motivates police officers. Fact is, such malfeasance is rewarded, a lot of other terrible behaviors are rewarded officially and unofficially. But the thing that's rewarded the least in policework? Admitting mistakes.