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ntsplnkv2 on June 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why the US military usually punishes misconduct bu...

The police have been made good by decades of "good cop" "bad guy" TV dramas.

I mean look at Law and Order, or Chicago PD, or Blue Bloods. There's a token episode about police brutality or corruption that is "solved" by the "good apple" standing up to them.

kevin_thibedeau on June 26, 2020 [–]

Good apples get fired, harassed, and stripped of pension for breaking the code of silence.

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