http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/02/Southpinellas/Pinellas_Park_officer.shtml where some cops pointed guns at the wrong people, probably because they were black.

It is this sort of incident which undermines confidence in the police. If they are going to lie about this sort of minor incident, then how about when the stakes are higher, as in a shooting?

We don't get to shop around for our police force, so there has to be a higher standard applied to them. It is not as if we don't like the service of one police force, we can use another one.