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As per a sibling comment:
> The bad apples metaphor originated as a warning of the corrupting influence of one corrupt or sinful person on a group: that "one bad apple can spoil the barrel". Over time the concept has been used to describe the opposite situation, where "a few bad apples" should not be seen as representative of the rest of their group. This latter version is often used in the context of police misconduct.
> The bad apples metaphor originates from the proverb "A rotten apple quickly infects its neighbor", first recorded as used in English in 1340.[1]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_apples
* https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/one-bad-apple-spoil...
And the real problem is that the highest levels of government is defending the actions of the bad-apple cop.
It is the fact that these crazy high quotas that ICE agents must meet are a high-level government policy that are 'forcing' the agents to do these crazy things (if they want to keep their jobs); of course some ICE thugs enjoy doing this and like the power trip(s).
You could pick endless words and sayings in English from 1000 years ago, which are entirely different now.
So what?
The modern usage is quite clear.
Perhaps it is "clear", but it may have lost the lesson of the original adage. Perhaps that lesson is worth knowing.
Instead, the prior meaning is being used in an attempt to discredit the validity of the current meaning.
Instead of attacking the argument, it is attacking the medium. This is a logical fallacy.
If we're speaking about the same incident, there was no mistake. it was intentional. there has been no apology from any official source, as one would expect in the case of a tragic mistake.
Particularly in cases like this which are simply continuing discussion on the existing subjects of the discussion.
Just an example: "Vance said the ICE officer was clearly justified in shooting Good. The officer was clearly acting in self-defense, Vance said. He framed Good as "a victim of left-wing ideology" who was spurred by an alleged network of politically motivated groups to interfere with law enforcement."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-vance-joins...
When have Trump's administration ever suggested it was either? So far they have said:
-it was an act of self-defense by Ross
-Ms. Good ran over Ross
-Ross has immunity even if he committed murder
-Ms. Good was very disrespectful to law enforcement
Do you have any citations for that? Jonathon Ross's entire chain of command including Sec of DHS and the President has justified the killing in multiple public statements. There has not been any official admission that it was a mistake, tragic nor description of Jonathan Ross as a "bad" apple or anything.
> You can't take one tragic mistake or bad-apple cop and draw conclusions about the fate of the country from it.
It was not bad apple. It was logical conclusion of ICE tactic and strategy. They also kidnap people, beat them up, throw them out somewhere else on the street. They throw tear gas into insides of cars or just randomly as bye package to citizens. They intentionally ram cars and cause traffic accidents.
Also, concretely, the lower level ICE members have seen to:
1.) do stuff like pointing a gun at a woman and saying "you did not learned from it".
2.) Destroyed memorial of the killed woman.
3.) Been heard to say she was "fucking bitch".
It was not bad apple. He is their hero and exactly where their tactic will go.
This is officially sanctioned domestic terrorism against the citizens of Minnesota and no American should stand for it.