You're right, of course they're not biased in any way. my bad.
Yup, I'm biased to the point of being offended when people say "we're in a police state" when a cop gets away with a speeding ticket... because it's stupid. But since you aren't related to any police officers, you clearly show your bias and prejudice against them. See, I can do it too.
AoD, of course I went to both extremes there, and yes of course in serious cases there should absolutely be an investigation (which does happen through IA), but people sensationalising it like what has been going on in this thread is just ridiculous. It seems like a lot of people, probably ones who have a chip on their shoulder from being thrown in a detention cell during a "peaceful protest", take the smallest thing and blow it completely out of proportion. If an ex-cop tries to get out of drunk driving, then yes that warrants an investigation, but the fact that other cops were sticking up for their buddy and co-worker in a job where you potentially risk your life every day does not mean we're being controlled by Big Brother and need to "wake up", which seems to be the predominant view here.
Personally, in a job where they potentially risk their life every day to keep the streets safe, if an ex cop gets out of a speeding ticket I really couldn't care less.
In the case of "police brutality", it depends on the context. With the G20, 1. It was absolutely exaggerated by a lot of people with the intention of getting those who ruined their riotey fun fired and 2. It was made necessary by those who decided to take advantage of the situation and use it as an excuse to destroy our city. I don't know why so many people are willing to let them go, or even treat them as heroes, but frankly those types of people deserve a baton to the head, and "innocent" "protestors" wouldn't have been rounded up like that if they didn't hide the lawbreakers.