Posted on 06/04/2022 4:26:34 PM PDT by conservative98
Yes because its pretty humiliating when an unarmed parent will face danger an armed cop is afraid to confront.
The police exist to create revenue for their respective organizations - and write reports.
That’s it. They have NO duty or apparently desire to protect innocent lives.
“Neither the Constitution, nor state law, impose a general duty upon police officers or other governmental officials to protect individual persons from harm — even when they know the harm will occur,” said Darren L. Hutchinson, a professor and associate dean at the University of Florida School of Law. “Police can watch someone attack you, refuse to intervene and not violate the Constitution.”
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government has only a duty to protect persons who are “in custody,” he pointed out.
Not only that. Uvalde is arresting journalists (on their way to meet with families who tried to get in) on trumped up charges
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