"Overall, police brutality is much more than shootings we typically hear about. People are beaten every day."

I watch police beatings and other severe misconduct literally every day on YouTube. A whole cottage industry has sprung up to highlight and broadcast the reality of police culture, which is brutal and horrifying.

Most of the videos get published because citizens record interactions with their phones or lawyers force police departments to release body cam footage.

Two things strike me about the frequency of such videos, with new ones appearing literally every day:

1. Cops are invested in a culture of bullying, physical force, and disrespect. Cops routinely respond to even the slightest questioning or reasonable pushback with brutality. Even when they don't physically strike someone, their attitudes often center sneering and bullying.

2. Police departments and police unions actively support this brutal culture. Even when cops in videos behave in ways that shock the conscience of ordinary people, the cops rarely face significant discipline. Only national news coverage seems to motivate police departments do something about cops who hurt people and/or treat them with bullying disrespect.

Police culture all over the country is being exposed as brutal and broken, but it seems like almost nobody is doing anything to change the culture. Civil rights lawyers and ordinary citizens are working hard to shine a light, but very few people are paying attention.