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ELI5: Is police in the USA actually getting more brutal/dangerous/untrustworthy/corrupt or is this just my imagination?

*now wait wait wait* 

I obviously don't mean that all or most police are like this, but the sudden stream of police brutality and corruption in the media over the past few years makes me wonder.

Is police in the USA actually getting more brutal/dangerous/untrustworthy/corrupt or is this just my imagination?
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Edit:**TL;DR of this thread: "evil cop" incidences have probably reduced over the years, but the media attention to those rare incidence are magnified with the emergence of smartphones and pocket cameras.** Thanks to all the contribution to this thread; I have gained better understanding of this situation.
gpt
I think it hasn't really changed much in the past 20 years, apart from the fact everyone has a camera phone now so it's a lot better documented.
For example if a weed smoker 10 years ago got beat up by the police it was only his word against the police, and a judge is a lot more likely to believe a long standing police officer than a stoner so it would get thrown out of court, when it happens now every tom dick and Harry starts recording it on their phone so there is actually evidence to prove what happened.