Is it normal to not like the police?
Yes, it’s normal to have negative feelings about the police, especially if you’ve had bad experiences or distrust the institution. Other people feel safer around police, so opinions vary a lot.
People’s views are shaped by their own experiences, what they’ve seen happen in their community, and how much they trust institutions. A bad encounter—or worry about how policing affects certain people—can leave you feeling wary or angry. Others have had helpful experiences or see police as a source of safety.
You don’t have to like the police, and that feeling alone doesn’t say anything bad about you. It can still be useful to separate your view of policing as an institution from your assumptions about every individual officer; people aren’t all the same.