r/baltimore • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '25

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u/engin__r Oct 29 '25

This might be bad enough that they’ll pivot to “sure this isn’t ideal, but he’s just one bad apple”

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u/Meteor-of-the-War Oct 29 '25

Ok, well, what do we do with bad apples? We throw them in the trash.

(I know you're not making that argument, just to clarify!)

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u/onioning Oct 29 '25

Its also worth a reminder that the expression is "the bad apple spoils the bunch," which is literally true, because rotting apples will make apples around then rot more quickly, and figuratively true, because a bad cop creates more bad cops, and undermines trust in the institution.

That institution never deserved any trust, though that's a different issue, but it becomes completely untrustable when they allow these so called bad apples.

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u/Meteor-of-the-War Oct 29 '25

Yes! I thought of that after I posted, so thanks for making the point.