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Not only are police officers often taken for granted, many people are highly vocal about their dislike for cops.

I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.

My own perception of cops was that they came into your neighborhood, they roughed up people that you loved for no reason and took them away. As a child you saw that.

I have no hatred for cops. I have hatred for racists and brutal people, but not necessarily the cops. The cops are just doing what they're told to do.

One thing I would say is real cops have real gallows senses of humor and make incredibly funny and inappropriate jokes in the presence of dead people all the time.

I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they're people, and they have lives, too.

Let me be clear: as I have said repeatedly, I do not believe that all police officers are bad, nor do I believe that most are bad. But there must be a transparent, impartial and fair system to judge those that engage in criminal or unethical acts.

Cops can deprive people of their freedom. They are sworn to serve and protect. They work for us and they belong to, basically, a service industry, laboring in conditions that are sometimes threatening, often dangerous yet interesting.

People view the police not as allies, but as antagonists, and think of them not with respect or gratitude, but with suspicion and distrust.