Everyone's opinion will depend on where they come from. Their experience. The media does hype a lot of shit I know personally to be false. Things like cops out there to protect us, the meme's everyone likes to post about yea but who are you going to call when shit goes down. Been there, done that.
I had bullets ricocheting off my house. So I call 911, report it - yada yada, we'll send someone out. 30min goes by, 45min goes by, an hour goes by. Close to 2hrs go by, no cops. So I call back and dispatch says in a non interested and disgusted voice, 'oh, did you want us to send someone out tonight?' No you dumb mf'er how about next month at their convenience. You know, if it's ok with you. Guess who owns a gun and relies on themselves?
I've called cops and reported smelling chemicals burning (there are m*th labs nearby). Repeatedly reporting when I smell them cooking. The cops response? "Go down and see if you can buy some m*th. If they sell to you call us back so we can bust them". Did an leo seriously just advise me to go buy narcotics like I'm his unpaid informant?! What's to keep me from getting busted for buying or possession - that is if I don't end up shot.
Walking around outside a few cops pull up to the neighbors house to serve a warrant. Cop tells me 'we're gonna flush him out, here you stand by the back door and try to hold him if he tries to escape'. I'm not wearing a uniform, holding a gun or even wearing long pants. How did I get deputized and aren't they supposed to be saving the public instead of putting us in harm's way?
The chief of Dallas tried to call people out saying if they weren't happy simply go down and sign up to be a cop, be a part of the solution. Makes sense, but why then did he leave out all the details that they needed to be between 21-45yrs of age with between 45-60hrs of college, eyesight no worse than 20/100 in either eye correctable by lenses, able to pass the physical, no felonies, no class a misdemeanors, no class b misdemeanors in the past 10yrs, no traffic violations in the past 3yrs etc etc? It's all right there on dallas' pd's website but the chief left that tidbit out. It's not as easy as applying for mcdonald's. To be fair, if cops are that scared it's a job of choice. Just like if people don't like it, become a cop - if cops don't like it, go flip burgers. It goes both ways.
I can attest to how difficult it is to become a cop, rather than speculate I've been through the process personally. I was 22 at the time, thankfully in my state they don't require college but it's still preferred especially to have a criminal justice class among them. It was for a position with the state hwy patrol. I lost the job I had at the time because the hiring process meant multiple days away from work over the course of about 3mo. Was given a psych test, a polygraph, a background check that involved speaking with teacher from 2nd and 4th grade from like 5-6 states away, my family. An oral exam in front of several senior troopers at the state hq. Even though I passed all the requirements there were only around 5 positions available which due to budget constraints were dropped to 3 positions and I lost out to a couple of ex cops with prior leo experience. During the vetting process I was judged by the trooper assigned to me because I lived with a girl at the time and wasn't married to her. It 'projected an immoral image' that they 'frowned upon'.
Do I hate cops? Not at all. But I don't think they're automatically in need of ass kissing either. If that's why they signed up for the job they're in the wrong line of work in my opinion. Same for being a soldier. I'm not so ignorant to think that all cops are bad, most are decent people. Many that speak about it though make some sort of media born biased claims that are easy to parrot if they've never done it. Telling someone to 'just go become a cop then' is about as intelligent as telling someone 'oh just go down and sign up to be a pilot then'. Like that's all there is to it which is a load of horseshit. Not taking into account the reality that even IF people wanted to join the force there's much more real world involved there and the vast majority wouldn't be eligible.
A lot of the meme's are cute and all but hold about as much credibility or fact as unicorns caught humping bigfoot. It is what it is.
I am just gonna leave this here 
