Ive been a cop for 20 years...in the Minneapolis metro area. Long enough to see societal trends and how they effect the evolution of policing.
Regardless of how you perceived the "death" of George Floyd and subsequent conviction of Chauvin, the larger issue is the lack of due process in the trial, juror nullification when reasonable doubt was articulated along with the admission from the jurors that they were either biased (in the case of the BLM juror) or that they were scared that the city would burn and that the rioters would come for them if they voted for acquittal.
Secondly the nationwide push by district or county attorneys to criminally charge officers after they were cleared criminally and found not to have violated policy. Sometimes retroactively going back and re-examining already settled OIS incidents years earlier.
The nation wide push for the elimination of qualified immunity is the final nail in the career coffin for many officers myself included.
All of these issues should raise great concerns for the quality of policing moving forward. What type of person will go into the profession and what will the quality of policing be?
The difference between the 90's where crime was out of control and citizens begged for aggressive criminal policing and now is that we can release the hounds and do what needs to be done, but we do so at the risk of being criminally charged for political motivated reasons.
Just some things to think about.