article_snippet.sent: A true democracy draws A true democracy strength from the confidence of A true democracy citizens in the bedrock institutions.
article_snippet.sent: The loss of that confidence threatens the very foundation of our legal system.
article_snippet.sent: Much has been made of rogue police officers, "bad apples" and other aberrant actors in the criminal justice system.
article_snippet.sent: "bad apples" and other aberrant actors in the criminal justice system undoubtedly exist.
article_snippet.sent: But the failure of local law enforcement leadership to vigorously and aggressively discipline, punish and, where appropriate, remove those officers from police forces around the country has allowed the bad apples to spoil the whole bunch.
article_snippet.sent: Until we see that kind of wholesale engagement, the lives of innocent people -- and the integrity of our legal system -- hangs in the balance.