Power

People who are drunk with power
Drunk with power

And you could be of any ethnicity
When you have people who become accustomed, I believe, to pushing the envelope
To treating people poorly
And there's no consequence
There's no accountability
Then you start to realize it, well shoot
If I did it over here, I could do it over there

If you get involvеd in something
You understand as a police officеr
That by and large
You're gonna be provided an attorney
Because you did this thing within the course and scope of your employment

If there's a settlement
The city, the state, the county, whatever
Will pick up that tab
And if the department has some angst, they may suspend you for a day or two without pay, or not
And so a lot of times what I see is, I see police departments circle the wagon
Not because they're really interested in protecting that officer
But they're interested in protecting that entity

Drunk with power
Drunk with power