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NJ Police Have No Duty to Protect You
NJCSD News ^ | Wednesday, 18 October 2006 | Robert Rose

Posted on 10/18/2006 1:47:32 PM PDT by Fun Bob

An NJ Judge has found that Camden city government, police department, and a 911 operator have no responsibility to prevent the kidnapping and murder of a 27 year old woman.  Therefore, none of them can be sued for failing to perform their jobs.  This is the same government and court system that denies that same 27-year-old woman the tools to defend her body and life on her own.

What was the basis for the lawsuit?

The 27-year-old victim's mother, Linda Reis, blamed the 911 operator and others for not responding to a call  from someone who said he saw two men forcing a woman into a car. [empasis added -ed]

The best advice Dick Codey, president of the NJ Senate and former acting governor had for women in New Jersey to keep themselves safe was:

(Excerpt) Read more at njcsd.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; crime; donutwatch; eatdonuts; nj; toprotectandserve; writetickets
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To: Mr. Thorne
I think this means that via taxation we are paying for the police to CONSIDER responding to dire, life-and-death emergencies.

Do I have that right?

21 posted on 10/18/2006 2:18:06 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: stevio

Well, he wasn't in the car, his aid was running errands for him in NJ and was beaten and carjacked.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721748/posts


22 posted on 10/18/2006 2:20:46 PM PDT by MadeInAmerica (- If ILLEGAL means Undocumented - Then Breaking and Entering means Unannounced Visit)
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To: Fun Bob
The cops' only duty is to preserve order and investigate crime. No cop has the duty to protect you. Many fine cops do and some sadly die trying but no actual obligation exists, legally.

"To serve and protect" is more marketing than anything else.

23 posted on 10/18/2006 2:21:18 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: Fun Bob
Thanks to the liberals, there will be more victims. It comes with liberalism, since its like the weather. Notice how they boast government will help and then turn around to disclaim responsibility when it can't do a thing for you? Liberalism is schizophrenic on public safety.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

24 posted on 10/18/2006 2:21:31 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Fun Bob
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled this way over and over again.

Our lives are our own responsibilities. End of story.

25 posted on 10/18/2006 2:23:53 PM PDT by Ladysmith
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To: Fun Bob
Dial 911 and DIE
26 posted on 10/18/2006 2:25:59 PM PDT by EdReform (Support Free Republic - Become a Monthly Donor today! -- * NRA * -- * JPFO *)
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To: Ladysmith
Exactly! That's as it ought to be in a free country. But tell me why liberals fight so hard to make it nearly impossible for people to take charge of their own lives, including the RKBA for their own self-defense? Liberal policy, especially the one on guns, does not compute like everything else about it.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

27 posted on 10/18/2006 2:26:14 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
Thanks to the liberals, there will be more victims

This will stop when liberals are made victims by the rest

28 posted on 10/18/2006 2:26:15 PM PDT by clamper1797 (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win)
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To: MadeInAmerica

Awwww.. That's a shame.


29 posted on 10/18/2006 2:26:34 PM PDT by stevio (Red-Blooded Crunchy Con American Male (NRA))
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To: Ladysmith
Our lives are our own responsibilities. End of story.

So why are we wasting our tax money on cops that won't protect us if we need it?
30 posted on 10/18/2006 2:27:24 PM PDT by Stone Mountain
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To: gaijin
The other day I saw one man threatening another in traffic with a KNIFE. I called 911 and was put on hold. I continued to hold 5 min or more, and by then the fight was over.

I never heard a human voice on the line.

31 posted on 10/18/2006 2:29:26 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: edcoil
"Why do they have "Protect and Serve" on their cars?"

They protect the tax funding that pays their wages, and serve some more donuts.
32 posted on 10/18/2006 2:30:01 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Demonrats want the Gays out of Congress.....stand back and let them purge their base.)
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To: Stone Mountain

abso - f'n lutely....why does NJ have the highest taxes in the nation...there are more cops that do nothing but sit around and write traffic tickets...if they won't do their jobs ...can them all....it is not as if the crime levels will change...just ask the lib/dem candidate about crime...oh wait...he is under federal investigation!!!!


33 posted on 10/18/2006 2:31:13 PM PDT by hnj_00
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To: stevio

Awwww.. That's a shame.
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Yup, what a shame. Funny, same day this judge says the police do not protect us. ROFL.

We could have told him that decades ago. Kinda why we keep fighting them from trying to take our weapons from us.


34 posted on 10/18/2006 2:33:37 PM PDT by MadeInAmerica (- If ILLEGAL means Undocumented - Then Breaking and Entering means Unannounced Visit)
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To: Stone Mountain

Because politicians keep calling for "More cops on the streets!"


35 posted on 10/18/2006 2:33:39 PM PDT by 38special (I mean come'on.)
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To: goldstategop
People who take on the the responsibility of their own lives have a less chance of becoming "victims."

Liberals can only exist if there are a large number of "victims" begging for Big Brother to come to their aid. So they seek to put us in a position where we will become victims...

Liberal society: Village of the Damned.

36 posted on 10/18/2006 2:34:53 PM PDT by Ladysmith
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To: Mr. Thorne
If their jobs are principally going to be to enforce regulations and not peace keeping then I say I don't need them if their first duty is to write tickets.

Here in Houston violent crime has been permitted to run unchecked (and violent offenders are not being prosecuted including carjackers who kidnap their victims).

I don't need the Sheriff of Nottingham shaking down the populace.
37 posted on 10/18/2006 2:35:13 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: 38special

That's good for the police union vote.


38 posted on 10/18/2006 2:36:27 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: Fun Bob

If they take protect off of their motto that leaves only serve.

Tell them to go get me a sandwich.


39 posted on 10/18/2006 2:36:51 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (This tag line will be commercial free for the remainder of this thread.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
So, why do we have cops guarding politicians and coaches?
40 posted on 10/18/2006 2:37:09 PM PDT by razorback-bert (I met Bill Clinton once but he didn’t really talk — he was hitting on my wife)
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