including criminally when necessary. Nevertheless, individual law enforcement officers should be judged on their own conduct, not by membership in such a large and diverse group.

I would additionally note that police officers are hardly the only group where corruption or institutional tolerance of such corruption have wider systemic effects and could pose a danger to the community. If I were to play devil's advocate, for instance, I would note liberals purported tolerance of some criminal conduct and incompetence among teachers, largely in pursuit of their defense of labor rights and unions, despite its potential negative effects on children.***

*** You don't need to comment to tell me I'm wrong about teachers and unions. I've actually represented unions as an attorney against some of these allegations. I'm simply noting that our ideological opponents can use similar arguments against groups we value, and such political battles are very rough and often unfair!