In a US federal civil rights lawsuit, a Connecticut man has shared footage to bolster his claims that police illegally confronted the pedestrian because he was filming one of them. Authorities seized Michael Picard's camera and his permitted pistol, and the officers involved then accidentally recorded themselves allegedly fabricating charges against the man.
Picard's police encounter began as he was protesting a sobriety checkpoint while lawfully carrying a handgun in a holster. The plaintiff often protests near sobriety checkpoints in the Hartford region and is known by locals and police in the area, according to court documents. "Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent," read the 3-foot-by-2-foot sign Picard held up to motorists ahead of the checkpoint in West Hartford last year.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by lcklspckl on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:55PM
The entire and proper phrase is 'one bad apple spoils the barrel'. We're past applesauce cider.
Using that phrase as a shrugarific, "Oh, pooh, it's just one bad apple," suggests that we tolerate it rather than pluck out the rotten apple. "Don't pluck me out, sir, I promise not to rot the rest. I'm am but only one." Fools that don't keep an eye on their food, eat rotten food. True since we've been barrelling apples.
I agree with your sentiment though.