History Main / BigotWithABadge

* ''Bloodlines'': The portion of the CrisisCrossover in ''Batman Annual'' issue 17 features a racist Gotham City cop named [=McCain=] who isn't portrayed sympathetically and taunts fellow officer Kelvin Mao by invoking various Asian stereotypes.

** However, as bad as the NBPD is, the Sinclair Parish Sherriff's Department almost manages to make them look good in comparison. They're absolutely obsessed with keeping their town an all-white community and their boss, Sheriff Walter "Slim" Beaumont, has countless civil rights violations under his belt. Unlike New Bordeaux cops, these officers are programmed as enemies and will attack Lincoln on sight even if he hasn't committed a crime. Also unlike the NBPD, you don't have someone on the inside like dispatcher Fiona Davidson, so you're on you own if you want to get rid of them.
* ''VideoGame/TheOutlastTrials'': Leland Coyle is (presumably) an ex-cop and KKK member in his case given that he was kidnapped and ReforgedIntoAMinion for Murkoff for their experiments, but he still fills out the checklist. His mutterings toward himself and his threats to the players are filled with mysogynist, racist, and homophobic insults and he used his position in power to coverup for his various crimes.

* ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'': The film has an example that is largely PlayedForLaughs and is even loosely based on Creator/KalPenn's own experience[[note]]Specifically Kumar's rant to the cop for giving Harold such a ridiculous ticket on such a bullshit pretext[[/note]]. Harold spends some time in jail with a Black professor of literature who was arrested for a crime committed in ''a different city''. Later, the titular characters encounter another Black man, a civil rights attorney, who was asleep in bed when a non-existent crime was reported, for which he nevertheless got arrested. One of the movie's [[TheStinger stingers]] shows the sketches the police released of Harold and Kumar, and they're over the top Chinese and Indian caricatures. Note that [[InterchangeableAsianCultures Harold is]] ''[[InterchangeableAsianCultures Korean]]''.

* ''Series/{{Snowfall}}'': Franklin Saint, a Black man, kills Black cop Andre Wright. Following this, Wright's beat is taken over by white racist Hubert "Nix" Nixon, who uses Wright's murder, and his correct suspicion that Franklin was behind it, to harass Franklin and his family. This ends up backfiring when he kidnaps Franklin's mother and bashes her head against Andre Wright's grave; hassling a suspected drug dealer is one thing, but beating up a citizen gets him banished to desk duty.

In many times and places, government officials could use their authority to exercise naked prejudice and would have been shocked if you asked them why. Sometimes the bigotry is official policy, though sometimes it's just a matter of culture. But more often than not, it's just a desire to hide their cruelty behind a means [[KarmaHoudini that can't be easily retaliated against.]] Expect this attitude to be common in period works, such as TheWildWest, the [[UsefulNotes/AntebellumAmerica Antebellum South]], or the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement. There are also plenty of HipHop songs on the subject, as most rappers are Black and many have had negative experiences with the police due to their race. As the tides of history change, count on many such cops to engage in {{profiling}} and outright PoliceBrutality against the people that they hate, as well as covering for others that commit such acts. Expect these examples to cross over with IntimidatingWhitePresence (a common sister trope). May also be a SubParSupremacist if they're also presented as lazy, stupid, and/or overweight (probably because of all the [[DonutMessWithACop donuts]]). May cross over with DirtyCop, RabidCop, and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain.

* ''Film/{{Circle}}'': One of the Black people trapped in the circle starts [[AngryBlackManStereotype complaining that the voting order has become racist]]. Although this initially draws the ire of his fellow captives, he's proven right when the Cop goes on a bigoted tirade against Black people as a whole and "socialist bullshit" in particular. Interestingly, the Cop had earlier gotten a Latino TattooedCrook killed because he allegedly beat his girlfriend. The criminal himself confirmed this, but it raises doubts as to how sincere the Cop's motives were.

-->-- '''Officer Newton''', ''{{Series/Scandal}}''

* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'': "The Lawn Chair" deals with a protest sparked by the death of a Black teenager at the hands of a white police officer. The officer claims that the boy had pulled a knife on him and that he shot in self-defense. However, Olivia's team later discovers footage of the officer [[FrameUp planting a knife on the boy]] after shooting him. Upon his crime being discovered, the officer goes on a racist tirade about the lack of respect "those people" have for police officers.