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CMV: It's hypocritical to say that a few bad apples spoil the bunch when it comes to the police, but then disregard that when it comes to violent protesters

Forgive me is this topic has been discussed to death.  I haven't seen anything specifically addressing this specifically.  I've been trying to follow all the news I can, but it's getting difficult.  Different sites will report the same story in different ways, so I don't know who to believe.  I have family and friends trying to pull my towards their side, either the police or protesters.  I'm kind of torn.  

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Here is the latest belief I have that I want challenged.  I don't think that all police are bad.  I know a lot of people are saying that a few bad apples will spoil the bunch.  I interpret this as people saying that the police on the whole are bad.  Even the officers who don't commit atrocities are guilty by being part of a system that allows it.  I can get why people say that.  However, I don't understand why the same logic can't be said of the BLM movement and protesters.  I have seen just as many videos of the protests getting violent.  People looting stores, attacking others, defacing public monuments.  I think all of that is wrong.  I don't see how you can say that about police, but not apply it to the protesters too.  

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I'd like someone to explain to me why this is not hypocritical.  I know I am just as scared of protesters as I am police right now.  If I saw a herd of people with signs shouting, I wouldn't set a foot near them.  Same way as if I saw a bunch of police officers walking towards me.  I think everyone looks bad right now.
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Police officers are trained professionals who are compensated for their work. Protesters are typically just angry citizens. What you have described here is not hypocritical because this is not an apples to apples comparison. 

Protesters have no sworn duty to act according to ethical precepts. Police officers do, and when they fail, they rightfully cast doubt on the entire system upon which such ethics are founded. Individual citizens are not held to that same standard, and grouping people (I.e. “protesters”) is not an objectively reliable means of identifying a group of people unlike the police.