[sagar]

"The police will win this one. They have no obligation to protect anyone."

Is that true in the US? So "to protect and serve" is flase advertising?

[litehaus]

"Kinna had a restraining order against"

False advertising?

How about "issuance of a false document" and failure to enforce same---Against THE JUDGE! Put their a$$$$ in jail for not performing...

[kiriath_jearim]

"Is that true in the US? So "to protect and serve" is flase advertising?"

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I believe there was that infamous case of several years ago where crime victims sued the Washington, DC police department for failing to stop a violent crime against them. The courts ruled against the victims and stated that the police only had a requirement to protect the public "at large" but no requirement to protect specific individuals.

[lepton]

The courts have ruled that the police don't have to show up, and have consistantly done so for a century and a half or so. The only thing along those lines they can be held liable for is differential response - i.e. not showing up to calls from women, or to calls from "black" areas.