All the hoopla about cops being shootable NPCs in video games like GTA and 25 to Life, one must wonder WHY anyone would be interested in "shooting cops" (in a virtual world).

Stories like this, and many others about corrupt criminal cops are a small part of it.

[URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15147167/[/URL]

Sure, there are great, honorable, ethical cops. But they tend, as with most stereotypes, to be overshadowed by the bad ones. It's no wonder why some folks take the shooting of NPCs who look like cops and treat it as a form of letting off steam about real cops.

Doesn't justify the real shooting of cops, but it certain gives reason as to why cops CAN be seen in a bad light in books and games and TV/movies.

Edit: Fixed link.