Not enough shit can be shoveled on Dick Wolf's head for the decades he's spent mythologizing our entire justice system. Cops are righteous and good and humble protectors! The system is fair and honest! Rights are for guilty people, good people can and should cooperate with authority!
Every now and then I see a discussion about cops between people who have never actually interacted with the law and learned everything they know from Law and Order episodes and goddamn, IT SHOWS