r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bendubberley_ • 1d ago

A police officer in Mexico prevents someone's suicide attempt, on a bridge, with no safety equipment.

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u/Goldglove528 1d ago

Most police do good. You only hear about the bad ones because they get more views.

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u/armpitchoochoo 1d ago

Next time you see one of those do gooding police, ask them when was the last time they arrested a bad apple

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u/EveningOperation1648 1d ago

Everyone likes to say it’s just a ‘few bad apples’ but fail to realize the actual quote they are referring to: ‘one bad apple spoils the bunch’.

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u/LilienneCarter 1d ago

I think they realise it, they're just not taking it literally. It would obviously be insane to think that a single bad police officer ruins it for every police officer in their nation, so they're altering it to "just a few" instead to indicate they still don't think it's enough bad apples to spoil the bunch

That's what I'm subconsciously doing when I say "bad apples", anyway