>>509984738 (OP)some cops are good and some are bad. since it's a position with great leverage and power over others, it attracts more than it's fair share of mentally ill. ex. picrel. but you're absolutely right that they don't go after big fish. it's too hard in general and a lot of the big fish have big fish connections in politics and elsewhere, some are even mostly known for being political figures, ex. Clintons. They can only exert power of middle and lower class individuals, by and large. some lower level wealthy people also pay the price, but not many. the murder conviction is only 50% at best, and lower 30% at worst. Countless children are disappeared every day and they do fuck all, and if you were to be a vigilante and try to boondock saints those demonic bastards, the police would arrest you for it! pretty wild.
there's a book called "Dark Wire" that tells of the FBI backdooring encrypted phones for drug dealers, but they weren't allowed to listen in on any phones used in US territories, under threat of arrest. Yes, that's right. The FBI wasn't allowed to listen in on US drug dealers and other criminals who were using a super secret phone system, under threat of arrest. we've passed clown world long ago.