They are tried in the court of public opinion largely because it's just accepted that they will not be tried in a court of law, because no charges will be brought against them even.

There are honest cops who are impacted by the lack of trust that's created by lack of accountability. If they continue to support that lack of accountability through supporting union policy that protects good and bad cops alike, then it's a self-inflicted problem.

You keep using language that implies an irrational bias, rather than just an opinion.

>Many are confused. Many think that all police officers want to avoid accountability to conceal misbehavior.

>defending them is considered a crime against humanity.

This is quite an exaggeration of reality. Ironically, you, individually, are committing the same sin that you're accusing "many" of: Harsh absolutist black-and-white statements about broad groups of people you apparently have very negative feelings for.

I do think there is a bias that lumps all police officers as evil power hungry egomaniacs. And I do think this bias has stemmed from cherry picking the worst occurrences and these getting millions of views so this bias was bound to happen.

I am not from the US, so it may be true that all police there behave in such manner, but I think it is unlikely.

I also believe there's many individuals really hoping to get that next piece of viral content and it doesn't matter how much the video could be out of context, so I can definitely understand why good hearted police may not like being filmed.

That being said I think recording should be allowed, but my point is I can understand why a morally decent police officer might not like being filmed and it is not to avoid accountability specifically, but being taken out of context and becoming a viral victim of hate and judgement.

> I do think there is a bias that lumps all police officers as evil power hungry egomaniacs

Very few people have claimed that. It is a system issue, those who act poorly are not held accountable.

I'm not in US and even though I read about a lot on police brutality though I don't think all even most are evil. But the problem seems to be almost all police (and govt.) are systematically protecting the bad cop as well as the good cop.