> I've had people try to tell me "all cops are bastards" actually means we need to do a better job policing the police, with a straight face.

That's like thinking someone might believe “one bad apple spoils the whole bunch” applies to police, or that the “broken windows” model of policing has the same cultural effect directed at the police that iats advocates say it has directed by the police at communities.

Or, more generally, that people’s ethics and conduct are responsive to the institutional incentives and cultural environment surrounding them.

Clearly, this is implausible; no one could believe any of that.