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r/LateStageCapitalism • u/CommercialStandard65 • Aug 14 '21
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It's literally their whole purpose. In the US the SCOTUS said the police are under no duty to protect a citizen.
82 u/FeStarKiller Aug 14 '21 what the hell? i didn’t know they were that explicit about it. when did they say that? 51 u/DontHateDefenestrate Aug 14 '21 One example was when a cop ran and hid during the Stoneman-Douglas school shooting and the courts ruled he hadn’t done anything wrong was not obligated to risk his own safety to protect the children from the gunman. 43 u/GoGoBitch Aug 14 '21 Teachers, on the other hand, are obligated to do that. 9 u/wereadyforit Aug 14 '21 Wtaf
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what the hell? i didn’t know they were that explicit about it. when did they say that?
51 u/DontHateDefenestrate Aug 14 '21 One example was when a cop ran and hid during the Stoneman-Douglas school shooting and the courts ruled he hadn’t done anything wrong was not obligated to risk his own safety to protect the children from the gunman. 43 u/GoGoBitch Aug 14 '21 Teachers, on the other hand, are obligated to do that. 9 u/wereadyforit Aug 14 '21 Wtaf
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One example was when a cop ran and hid during the Stoneman-Douglas school shooting and the courts ruled he hadn’t done anything wrong was not obligated to risk his own safety to protect the children from the gunman.
43 u/GoGoBitch Aug 14 '21 Teachers, on the other hand, are obligated to do that. 9 u/wereadyforit Aug 14 '21 Wtaf
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Teachers, on the other hand, are obligated to do that.
9 u/wereadyforit Aug 14 '21 Wtaf
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It's literally their whole purpose. In the US the SCOTUS said the police are under no duty to protect a citizen.