[godwulf]

I've no desire to watch 'The Shield'. I thought the Dennis Franz character on 'NYPD Blue' was overdone, and just from the promos I get the impression that this is just more of the same and then some. Stabler's occasional 'indiscretion' on 'L&O: SVU' is enough for me - I'm very aware that cops are not all Joe Friday, but I'm afraid that too much of that kind of thing (knocking suspects and witnesses around, and worse, killing other cops, generally acting like a thug with a badge) tends to glamorize that kind of behavior and maybe even justify it in the minds of the public, not to mention the real-life cops we have to live with.