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Monday, June 15, 2020
Unpopular Thought of the Day:
Calling to defund police departments over unprofessional or criminal acts by individual police officers is like calling to defund hospitals over malpractice and criminal negligence by individual doctors.
There are incompetent, negligent and even criminal, people in every profession. But that doesn’t mean a profession is superfluous or non-essential.
For every tragic story of negligence and criminality, there are countless, quiet acts of competence, heroism, daring and extraordinary compassion that we never hear about.
Strengthen the system that weeds out and punishes bad/negligent actors. Don’t destroy a system or the will of its members to continue doing good.
Posted by David Bogner on June 15, 2020 | Permalink
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