Comment by Ygg2
4 years ago
> They aren’t in the business of preventing people from getting killed. They’re in the business of putting the killers in jail.
If this is true, explain police protection. Or restraining order.
4 years ago
> They aren’t in the business of preventing people from getting killed. They’re in the business of putting the killers in jail.
If this is true, explain police protection. Or restraining order.
In the US, a restraining order issued by a court is merely a suggestion; police can simply ignore it without consequence, even if there is a law on the books that requires police to enforce it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-po...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/04-278
You should look into the enforcement of restraining orders.
Because it is unacceptably lax to say the least. And way too many people have died because of it.
I said it is their job. I didn't say they do a good or a bad job.
The Supreme Court has ruled very explicitly that the policy *do not* have a duty to protect a citizen.
It is, very explicitly according to the SCOTUS, not actually their job.