yeah, the cops in ann arbor mich are pretty cool as well. i was sitting outside next to two kids who were near throwing up they were so drunk. they got up and literally walked in zig-zags past a cop to go into their dorm building, and the cop looks at them, and says to the more sober one, "your buddy gonna be ok?" and the kid says yeah, and they keep walking . Im not sure if its like that in all college towns, but it was pretty cool. Come to think of it, ive come across many more kind cops than mean ones
Problem is that the good cops don't do anything about the bad cops. I'm with the wiz. I wasn't at that convention (duh) but the stuff that went down there was freakin' insane. The cops can basically do anything they want. If they beat the shit out of innocent people, they don't lose any badges. If they RIOT, the higher-ups don't hold them accountable. It's too bad people just can't live in peace, so cops wouldn't be necessary.