police officers beating of unarmed student

Oh yeah, the police brutality and extortion. Daily views here in Indonesia. Horrible, horrible indeed. We pay for their salaries and they hit us with the things we bought them. Horrible!

Although I have respect for the police and what they do, certain officers I've encountered before have made me wonder why I bother to abide by the law.

I agree with your statement about the tomatoes; no matter how many good apples are on the tree, there will always be one or two bad ones that can taint the bunch.

Unfortunately, I have witnessed the horrors of police brutality from my own eyes on somebody I knew very well, and the feeling of being unable to help them is terrible. The worst are the obnoxious officers who believe they are far superior to you because they have a badge and a gun, and take it upon themselves to abuse their power. It's awful because the more you stick up for yourself, the more trouble you find yourself in by the end of it.