I'm not ready to gladly turn this country over to any organization who sits as judge and jury on its own actions. You see I'm old enough to remember when cops were our friends and they knew that we would gladly assist them in anything be it an investigation or even arresting a suspect. I also remember when people felt safe in police custody. I remember when the cop in his duty knew that he could depend on almost anyone to help if needed. Just recently watched a police security film where three cops felt they needed to shoot a 17 year old girl who threatened them with a knife.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-teen-shot-dead-police-entering-station-cops-article-1.2092519 She was shot at 5 times (one miss). Cops have tasers, night sticks, and hand-to-hand training but felt the need to kill this 17 year old. Something is wrong, I can't conceive of any justification for killing this child when three cops armed with all the tools of there trade where in the room. Reading the posts here indicates that some believe this is a Black/White issue. Its not, the 17 year old girl in the piece above was white and known to the police as being disturbed.
As for police "Mean Mugging" I see many films of stops where cops are polite and respectful of the driver, (I think most are). Intimidation can cause a fear response and lead to violence. There is plenty of time to get mean if the person is uncooperative, no point in starting out that way. I have been driving for over 50 years and have been stopped a few times. The officers were always polite (even the two who cited me). I have difficulty understanding why an officer would wish to intimidate the person being stopped.
There are plenty of retired police available to advise and participate in policing the police. You can't investigate yourself and pass judgment without raising questions. It would seem the police would welcome outside validation of their actions.
What amazes me is that the same people who insist that the Government not infringe upon their rights rush to surrender those rights when the police are involved.
I have known many policemen, four of them I knew extremely well. Three were the type that we all would likely be proud to call friend be he cop or not. (No I have never been arrested or even been detained by the police)