So I hold all humans with a certain level of respect, those who act honorably I have greater respect for, and those who act dishonorably, I lose respect for. For the police force, they earned respect by being willing to make sacrifices for their communities, it’s a dangerous job. BUT that doesn’t mean I excuse bad behavior, they can still drop as low as any person or gain as much respect as any person, it’s all character dependent. I lost respect for these cops because of their actions. If you tell everyone they must “earn” your respect, they can’t go down in your eyes, and that breeds contempt of the bat immediately, also shows you to be a bad person because you see yourself as superior to others, start with a general baseline granted to every person, let them embarrass themselves to you, or arise to the occasion.