>There are many people who genuinely want to 'serve and protect',

Honestly, I doubt this is true for most values of "many".

I'm a straight white male in a first world country with no criminal record. I have a good job and am a well-behaved citizen. I've lived all over this country and my experiences with the police have been uniformly negative.

Thugs interested in proving to everyone that they're in charge, that's all they are.