‘A couple bad apples’ isn’t an excuse for bad cops, that’s the complete opposite of what the phrase means.
It’s “one bad apple spoils the whole bunch”. It works like that for literal apples and for cops too. Even if a cop doesn’t go around crushing necks with his knees, if he’s willing to tolerate the bad cops that do that makes him a bad cop too.
Good cops don’t survive to retirement. This particular guy is completely right in this situation, but ACAB is still true
‘A couple bad apples’ isn’t an excuse for bad cops, that’s the complete opposite of what the phrase means.
It’s “one bad apple spoils the whole bunch”. It works like that for literal apples and for cops too. Even if a cop doesn’t go around crushing necks with his knees, if he’s willing to tolerate the bad cops that do that makes him a bad cop too.
Good cops don’t survive to retirement. This particular guy is completely right in this situation, but ACAB is still true