This is a very common question I receive and I always respond, you can not judge the whole orchard by a few bad apples.

Sure you will run into a small percentage of police who abuse their power, but for the most part, not all cops will abuse their power. We always see the video tapes on the evening news showing police brutality and police abusing their authority, but there are thousands of videos that could also be shown for a good traffic stop, a good arrest, etc.