OK, are there really any idiots who believe the police is protecting them?

Just go through the narratives put together by various press departments working for the police and you'll see that every 'case' is at the end of the day a narrative embellishment of bozos' in blue heroic feats.  It's just a way to justify their payroll. Has the police ever helped resolve any targeting case that involves the state (and the state's 'legitimate' representatives) that funds them? Certainly not, so what they're left with is the 'accomplice' tag (and occasionally direct perpetrators). Do you know that the police receives commands by the NSA that operates satellite surveillance on millions about when to act? Every report you're reading (in dog news) is prefabricated. In order to maintain the balance, occasionally they present news of 'crooked cops' (well, the master narrative of 'evil infiltrates even the good ranks' has to be maintained at all costs). Don't let police stories become part of your narrative world.