There are some awful police around. Consider this story
The actual events were some months ago, but the summary is:
A police officer got a charge of obstructing justice changed to attempted murder, even though the DA was sure it wouldn’t fly.
The police then tried to get the defendant’s lawyer arrested and held for 14 days on a completely bogus warrant. (From a small county where the police chief ran everything).
Defunding the police might not be the right idea, but it looks like something drastic is needed to deal with the ongoing corruption.