Because it is bullshit. We see it over and over and over again, the same excuse trotted out. Military torturing people? A few bad apples. Police shooting people? A few bad apples? Police violently attacked someone who was NEARBY but not even INVOLVED in a protest and lead to his death? A few bad apples.
Bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit!
Take the tragic and disgraceful attack on Ian Tomlinson. There are at least half a dozen police officers watching while this man is thrown to the ground and a further 6 watching when he was hit with a baton.
They watched. They watched him being attacked. They watched him fall. They didn’t help him. They didn’t report him.
100% of the police present watched this happen and did NOTHING. 100%. ALL of them. And when the first reports came out the police force angrily insisted none of it ever happened - only video footage caught by reporters proved the police - ALL THE POLICE THERE AND THEIR BOSSES - to be vicious, lying scumbags with no respect for the people they’re supposed to protect.
It is NOT a few bad apples. It is NEVER a few bad apples. Whether it’s military torturers are gun happy police or violent psycho police. They can only happen because the WHOLE FREAKING BARREL is willing to consent, to be silent, to support and to lie.
It can only happen because the whole damn barrel is rotten through and through.
Bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit!
Take the tragic and disgraceful attack on Ian Tomlinson. There are at least half a dozen police officers watching while this man is thrown to the ground and a further 6 watching when he was hit with a baton.
They watched. They watched him being attacked. They watched him fall. They didn’t help him. They didn’t report him.
100% of the police present watched this happen and did NOTHING. 100%. ALL of them. And when the first reports came out the police force angrily insisted none of it ever happened - only video footage caught by reporters proved the police - ALL THE POLICE THERE AND THEIR BOSSES - to be vicious, lying scumbags with no respect for the people they’re supposed to protect.
It is NOT a few bad apples. It is NEVER a few bad apples. Whether it’s military torturers are gun happy police or violent psycho police. They can only happen because the WHOLE FREAKING BARREL is willing to consent, to be silent, to support and to lie.
It can only happen because the whole damn barrel is rotten through and through.