POV: One Bad Apple Spoils the Barrel

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POV: One Bad Apple Spoils the Barrel

This debate was sparked by the shocking videotape of George Floyd being casually murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.

Nationwide protests arising from Chauvin’s killing of Mr. Floyd were met with the usual minimalist argument from the Minneapolis Police Department declaring that Chauvin was just “one bad apple.”

During his career with the Chicago police, Burge rose to the rank of detective and was made an area detective commander before being suspended in 1991 and fired in 1993 for leading a team of officers in the violent abuse of citizens – most of whom were Black males.

When we are asked to believe that a campaign of terror led by a senior officer of one of the nation’s largest municipal law enforcement agencies went unnoticed for almost 20 years, the stench of a barrel of rotten apples assaults our noses.

There are numerous examples of police units and whole departments coming under the influence of vicious officers who never should have been given a badge.

Source: The Orlando Advocate

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