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That's the complaint I've heard any reasonable person make: the culture of covering up for the disgusting actions of the bad apples implicates far more than the bad actors themselves. It may be beyond any individual cop to change the way the system works, but the culpability doesn't stop at the bad actors themselves.

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I can't remember who pointed it out, but someone said that everyone is missing the point when they talk of bad police being a 'few bad apples' and the rest are fine. The full phrase is 'A few bad apples spoil the whole barrel'.

Correct. In addition, someone covering up for a bad apple is, well, a bad apple.

How exactly can a cop in a different precinct/city/state be held responsible for "covering up" bad actors in an unrelated department?

> How exactly can a cop in a different precinct/city/state be held responsible for "covering up" bad actors in an unrelated department?

I truly do not understand how you took this away from reading my comment. I even went out of my way to say that it's more complicated than individual honest cops being to blame. You may want to work on your reading comprehension.

>the culture of covering up for the disgusting actions of the bad apples

This implies to me like you think this culture is prevalent in most police departments. Yet you base this of the events a tiny minority of police departments.

>You may want to work on your reading comprehension.

Try to keep insults off of HN. If I misunderstood you, you should take that as a reflection of your own communication skills and clarify in another comment. Don't just waste everyone's time by just expressing your state of bewilderment.

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