What Japan Thinks of the American Police

Police officers in the United States are regarded with a mixture of respect and disdain, probably in accordance with which side of the baton you end up on. There's the endless jokes about cops eating donuts and being too hefty to really give chase to a criminal, but then again, if you're in trouble, who are you going to call? That's right, you're going to call blue. However, whatever we might think about our law enforcement squads, it's far more interesting to see what other countries think about them. Especially when their views must have been formed from bootleg episodes of COPS and the Simpsons. After the jump, check out the hilarious Japanese magazine cover featuring a chubby cop chowing down on a table stacked with fast food from McDonald's and Carl's Jr, with an errant taco thrown in for good measure.