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Bad Cop/Badder Cop.

 Bad Cop, Badder Cop. ___________________  As a kid I was taught (or Indoctrinated to be more specific) that Police Officers, Ambulance Drivers and Fireman were *The Good Guys.*... The Heroes. Those you could depend on to protect the Public Good while maintaining Social Order.  So mottos / (cliches?) like: " To Serve and Protect  is to Honor the Law!  We Serve our Community!  We Protect our Citizens!  United we stand, Divided we fall.  Justice will be served!" meant something to  me, and I sincerely believed that there were  real-life heroes out there putting their lives on  the line to keep the good citizens of Society safe.  Yet now, (in the wake of so MANY police corruption incidents) I can't help but feel that the majority of my life has been spent honoring what essentially appears  to be Empty Slogans. Idealistic Terms used to create specific impressions in the mind of the public that (for the most part) doesn't seem to match the Grim Reality of our current Socia