In Warren v. DC, police didn't show up after 30 minutes of repeated assurances from a 911 operator to two women, calling to report the screams of the victim downstairs, that the police were on the way. When the screams stopped, they assumed the intruders had left and went downstairs, and were then captured and sexually tortured by the intruders for another 14 hours along with their roommate, and in their subsequent lawsuit against the DC police, they lost. Can ANYONE explain HOW they lost the case, if the 911 tapes showed the dispatcher reassuring the victims REPEATEDLY?
and in their subsequent lawsuit against the DC police, they lost.
Ah...I now see, the jury was stacked with LOSERS!
The court said that it is a "fundamental principle of American law that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any individual citizen."
If there is no "fundamental principle" to provide public services, such as police protection, to any individual citizen...what the $%#%&*^%$#%%^ a ARE WE PAYING TAXES FOR?!?!?!
If that is REALLY a Court decision that stands, then we as Citizens have a LEGAL STANDING to REFUSE to pay taxes...since there is no guarantee of service for said payment!
The service the police provide is not the protection of any specific individual, saith the court, but the protection of "society in general" by taking reports of criminal activity, gathering evidence, and seeking out and apprehending suspected criminals for delivery into the court system.
One police chief was honest, at least - he said if you want individual protection, get a gun.