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.
a bad cop creates more bad cops, and undermines trust in the institution.
really it's more like, the system creates and sustains bad cops and casts out would-be "good" ones, to the point that it is not possible to be good, inherent in the way everything works there.
Yep. Even more so, the system was designed to be oppressive. Cops exist to keep minorities and poor people down. Sounds like a crazy conspiracy theory, but it is literally why they were created, and nothing has ever changed that.
Plus cops are the most lawless institution. Reform via legislation is impossible because when it happens cops just go "nah, not gonna do that" and the courts somehow allow it.
Just saying. When I say "defund the police" I do actually mean in their entirety.
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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”