So I guess I need to do some record-correcting.
In this Manhattan Institute piece, @RAVerBruggen says I tweeted, “murders are surging because an
entire profession would rather let people die than hold their colleagues accountable . . .
media4.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/…
In this Manhattan Institute piece, @RAVerBruggen says I tweeted, “murders are surging because an
entire profession would rather let people die than hold their colleagues accountable . . .
media4.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/…
. . . when they needlessly hurt and kill people."
This is true! However, I was summarizing this article, which claimed cops have been quitting and de-policing because of the Chauvin fallout. That article was published by . . . the Manhattan Institute!
city-journal.org/why-cops-are-q…
This is true! However, I was summarizing this article, which claimed cops have been quitting and de-policing because of the Chauvin fallout. That article was published by . . . the Manhattan Institute!
city-journal.org/why-cops-are-q…
I actually *don't* think de-policing caused the murder surge.
(To be fair, I mistakenly failed to thread the quoted tweet to my previous tweet, which linked to the article. So it's entirely understandable why VerBruggen would mistakenly assume I was expressing my own opinion.)
(To be fair, I mistakenly failed to thread the quoted tweet to my previous tweet, which linked to the article. So it's entirely understandable why VerBruggen would mistakenly assume I was expressing my own opinion.)
One other correction: VerBruggen also writes that in the post below, I refer to de-policing as the "I’m-too-big-a-pansy-to-do-my-job meme."
This too is not quite right. As is pretty clear from the post . . .
washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch…
This too is not quite right. As is pretty clear from the post . . .
washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch…
. . .that phrase appears in a blockquote of Scott Henson, which I used as a jumping off point to discuss de-policing.
I *do* think the de-policing argument is a strange defense of law enforcement. But I wouldn't have put it quite the way Henson did. (No offense to Henson!)
I *do* think the de-policing argument is a strange defense of law enforcement. But I wouldn't have put it quite the way Henson did. (No offense to Henson!)
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