Why are people so down on the police?

I disagree, it's just a difficult thing for many to admit that the police do do good. When a thread gets started about the police fucking up somehow it runs and runs when a thread gets posted about them doing a good job on behalf of cyclists it's largely ignored.

Of the three examples you gave from the forum - one can't be easily viewed by many, one is in a thread for inconsequential EPIC WINS and the third had a whole page of positive commentary PLUS the followup thread to that one was nearly two pages long full of positive commentary. Consequently, I disagree that posts about police doing a good job get largely ignored on this forum. The difference is that they don't spark up a debate that rages on for 4 pages