r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

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

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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/StevenStevensonIII 1d ago

Correct take. It’s not that people are mad at all cops bc there’s an occasional bad cop. People are mad that cops protect that bad cop instead of (ironically) self policing. And further, the system protects them and to a certain extent the media does too.

If the apples are capable of calling out a bad cop when they see it, then do it. Otherwise all the apples are implicated in bad apple stuff.

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u/Bladesnake_______ 1d ago

I fully agree with this take but "correct take" is such an arrogant way of thinking. You think you decide what is correct?