They were held in high regard by their white officers for their formidable soldiering ability .
They became hugely unpopular among the black civilian population for their perceived arrogance and abuse of the law they were supposed to uphold .
They were held in high regard by their white officers for their formidable soldiering ability , but they became hugely unpopular among the black civilian population for their perceived arrogance and abuse of the law they were supposed to uphold .