To: edcoil
The USSC decided in a case as early as 1857 that the individual had no right to police protection.
8 posted on
10/18/2006 1:54:41 PM PDT by
Tijeras_Slim
(Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Why do they have "Protect and Serve" on their cars? Shades of the good ole 1950's when there were good cops on the beat and good citizens working together?
10 posted on
10/18/2006 1:56:35 PM PDT by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: Tijeras_Slim
I think it also came up in the late 60s or early 70s.
Either New York, or California, if memory serves. What it amounted to was, people were calling the police for help from areas where there were riots going on, and the police were either unwilling or unable to respond.
I honestly think it was unwilling, but that could be my bad memory.
Anyway, USSC ruled that you can't sue the cops for NOT coming to your aid.
Go figure.
16 posted on
10/18/2006 2:08:44 PM PDT by
Mr. Thorne
("But iron, cold iron, shall be master of them all..." Kipling)
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)
To: Tijeras_Slim
42 posted on
10/18/2006 2:37:31 PM PDT by
rvoitier
(Democrat Party, not Democratic Party.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
In 1857 we did not have nearly as many police per capita and citizen could defend themselves. If the Government is going to be more pervasive in our lives, they have to take responsibility for it.
59 posted on
10/18/2006 3:09:58 PM PDT by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: Tijeras_Slim
As one of our fellow FReepers said "the only reason to call 911 is to have them send civil servants to cart off the corpse and clean up the mess".
62 posted on
10/18/2006 3:16:04 PM PDT by
Hazcat
(Live to party, work to afford it.)
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