Police commander steps back from statement that offended everyone

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Major General Eduardo Alberto Then stated last week on “El Gobierno de la Mañana” radio talk show that the National Police would not recruit the children of single mothers. And boy, did that kick up a storm on social media. Entities from the Ministry of the Woman to former Vice President Margarita Cedeño took very vocal exception to this statement. It is estimated that a single mom heads 40% of Dominican households.

The radio program, “El Gobierno de la Mañana” would remove the audio, but social media had already spread the unfortunate statement. Since then, the general has been backpedaling to anyone who would listen.

Major General Then has been in the news a lot lately since he was the commanding officer of the Barahona region when some of his agents took down a really huge stash of cocaine. At the time, nothing was published on the August 2021 “tumbe,” but when in...

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CristoRey

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Sounds like he was in line to get cancelled as a result of something he said 10 years. Could this be our first glimpse into Dominican Republic's version of cancel culture?
 

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I could not find anywhere that said the statement was made 10 years ago. Where did you see that?
Yes, is this not based on something he said last week? He may also have been saying things far in the past that just foreshadowed and reenforced his self made issues.
 
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CristoRey

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Yes, is this not based on something he said last week? He may also have been saying things far in the past that just foreshadowed and reenforced his self made issues.
I could have sworn the original article I read last week in Dominican Today (not the most accurate of news agencies) reported this comment was
made ten years ago however after rereading this article online a few minutes ago, this statement no longer appears.
 
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MariaRubia

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It seems like whoever they recruit to do that job is someone who keeps putting his foot in his mouth. The last guy was just as much of an idiot IIRC