It's rarely the case of a "rotten cop"...way more often than not, it's the case of a criminal (or criminal-like activity) who dies as a result of not complying with a police order (read No Respect for Authority). Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice...every one of them would be alive today if they hadn't broken the law. Even Laquan McDonald would be alive today...but I hold his case separate from the others because there was clearly no reason for the officer to shoot, and continue to shoot, when no lives were in danger from the boy.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.