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Trump Signs Executive Orders to Militarize Police, Punish Sanctuary Cities and Refugees
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I should ask my mom what her defense of police is now
"You won't be arrested if you don't do anything wrong. Just let them do their jobs!"
"Oh honey you just don't understand. He's doing this for your safety, and I trust him. You know you'd really like him if you gave him a chance. I thought I raised you to know better."
Or some equally gaslit shit if they're anything like mine.
No, no nothing like that.
She's staunchly against the idea that ACAB, and will fight tooth and nail that there are some bad apples but most want to help, yadda yadda.
What do bad apples do, Mom? What is the consequence of a few "bad apples" that needed to be immortalized in idiom? Because I'm pretty sure the saying isn't "A few bad apples don't negatively affect the bunch in any significant way".