Police officers rarely get prosecuted.  They rarely lose their jobs.  They are trained by other police officers and have very little independent oversight. Police officers have a considerable amount of discretion to perform their job. Cops are at the front line in keeping order and enforcing the law.  We know police officers have a difficult job to do.  In recognition, the law states that in calculating whether the amount of force was excessive, we must recognize that peace officers are often faced to make split-second judgments in tense circumstances concerning the amount of force required.  Because of many factors including the broad and expansive standard of reasonableness as well as systemic racism and bias, cops do not frequently lose in court.  Almost all of us have a family member or someone close to them that is in law enforcement.  Any lawyer that has ever picked a jury knows this to be true.  The highest profile civil cases against police officers usually settle before trial with the officer paying nothing out of his or her pocket and keeping his or her job.