I look at it this way, there ARE some nut jobs out there on the job and Hollywood is just capitalizing on that. It's an interesting premise, you have a problem with a neighbor who is basically a bastard, but can you call the cops on him when he IS a cop? Plus as I understand it, he's a bastard mainly because a black woman is married to a white guy and he's a racist, but he's black. That's not something you see everyday.
I'm just grateful there are plenty of GOOD cop movies out there that portray the cops in GOOD light. I just wish more of them were current.
Damn Wambaugh, REMAKE THE CHOIRBOYS! Make a GOOD version of that fantastic book and let's put that crapper behind us once and for all!