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They won't answer that question. [b]It's just easier to complain about some few bad apples.[/b]  I really think these people should volunteer in the HS and be the ones responsible for badly behaving students.[/quote]

What do a few bad apples do? They spoil the whole barrel.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/one-bad-apple-spoil-the-barrel-metaphor-phrase[/quote]

This is why I think the incident last year played such a vital role in swinging public opinion. As someone who is very involved in local politics, I can tell you that abolishing SROs was a fringe position before that time. Yes, some elected officials were supportive, but they were largely not willing to take a public stand.

Then you get a video of police abusing a kid barely out of preK, and public opinion moved quickly once it became clear that MPD was disinclined to punish the officers at all. There were zero professional consequences. So, you had people who would have been in the mushy middle move into the abolish camp because it laid bare how unwilling the police (even in Montgomery County) are to hold their own accountable for their actions. [/quote]

Abolishing SROs in a blanket sweep is clearly worse overall than actually dealing with the problem, which is to have consequences for the bad SROs/cops who do abuse their power. We know that accountability has to be in place. Simply removing all SROs, the majority who are good and provide a public service, is just stupid.[/quote]

OK, so, how's it going with accountability for bad cops?[/quote]

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