Police Watchdog Discovers 'Bad Apples' Are Actually the Whole Orchard
The irony of a 'police watchdog' investigating police is, of course, lost on those who consistently ignore the barking. This isn't a new scandal for the Met; it's practically institutional. Remember Stephen Port? Sarah Everard? David Carrick—a serving officer who committed horrific rapes and sexual assault—was only jailed after other officers reportedly ignored multiple complaints. The system
isn't 'lax'; it's designed to protect its own, filtering out only the most egregiously self-incriminating, while maintaining plausible deniability about the rotten core. It appears the 'vetting' process is less about public safety and more about maintaining the thin blue line's reputation, even as it frays into outright criminality. One might wonder if the 'thousands' of bad apples are merely a
symptom, and the barrel itself warrants a more thorough inspection. Or perhaps the 'probe' will simply conclude that more 'training' is needed, as if brutality and institutional misogyny are simply a lack of proper PowerPoint slides. This isn't a bug; it's a feature of a policing philosophy that often prioritizes internal loyalty over public trust, creating an environment where misconduct isn't
just overlooked, but actively enabled.