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/Ellusive1 1d ago

One bad apple is all it takes

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u/PMMEURPYRAMIDSCHEME 1d ago

The saying is one bad apple ruins the bunch, not one bad apple makes the bunch smell bad. Because if you don't take out the bad apple the rot spreads. Any long time cop is guilty of tolerating the bad cops, and that makes them a bad cop too.

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u/HCSOThrowaway 1d ago

You are so close to getting it I can't decide whether to laugh or cry.

If the only way to prevent rot is to remove the bad apple, why do people like you label the entire bunch rotten instead of digging through them to get rid of the bad apples?

Meanwhile the bad apples are working diligently day and night to get rid of the good apples. They also work to recruit more bad apples, showing those recruits that it doesn't matter what they do, people like you will hate them either way.

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u/onFIREbutnotsoFLY 1d ago

because if left to itself the police wont police themselves. i mean do you not remember Derek Chauvin only got prosecuted because of the public outcry despite the department heads watching the video? without public scrutiny the police wont be held accountable.

And nobody is talking about how the police as a profession has a long history of constantly being on the wrong side of history.

Who were the ones breaking up woman's suffrage protests?: The Police

Who were the people breaking up and antagonizing The Civil rights protesters?: The Police

Who are known to antagonize and break up union strikes?: The Police

Who are currently working with the feds to find random immigrants to deport to a dehumanizing south American prison?: The police

You got to remember that up until recently did police perception started to change in their favor. historically police have always been shown in a negative light.

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u/HCSOThrowaway 4h ago

because if left to itself the police wont police themselves. i mean do you not remember Derek Chauvin only got prosecuted because of the public outcry despite the department heads watching the video? without public scrutiny the police wont be held accountable.

100% agreed; there are some LEOs and LEAs that would gladly sweep things under the rug if afforded the opportunity, and that's one of the strengths of democracy: you can call those people out and they have to change course.

And nobody is talking about how the police as a profession has a long history of constantly being on the wrong side of history.

Police, like any government entity, are approximately on whichever side of history the public sentiment of their time is on. You pay them to enforce the laws your representatives put in place. You imply you do, but I assure you, you don't want people with 3-12 months of training after a high school diploma out of the deep south bending and breaking the law according to their own moral compass. Derek Chauvin felt that George Floyd deserved not what the law prescribed, but a little extra. Rodney King received similar treatment.

You got to remember that up until recently did police perception started to change in their favor. historically police have always been shown in a negative light.

Wait, am I understanding correctly from your word salad that you're asserting public opinion of law enforcement is up recently?