The most revealing part about the charges is that they show the system cannot contemplate situations where cops can do wrong. Civil lawsuit alleging federal causes of action? There's QI for that. Internal affairs investigating? There's police unions (who are also internal affairs) for that. In the rarest of cases, a DA investigating you for criminal charges? There's grand juries, a complicit State Supreme Court that grants immunity to its prosecutors, and an uncountable number of Supreme Court-enshrined defenses, for that.
The most revealing part about the charges is that they show the system cannot contemplate situations where cops can do wrong. Civil lawsuit alleging federal causes of action? There's QI for that. Internal affairs investigating? There's police unions (who are also internal affairs) for that. In the rarest of cases, a DA investigating you for criminal charges? There's grand juries, a complicit State Supreme Court that grants immunity to its prosecutors, and an uncountable number of Supreme Court-enshrined defenses, for that.