“Not a valid comparison. I am talking about lawful orders, as understood by a civilized society.”
How about when I drove down the highway yesterday at about 78 mph when the speed limit was 70. I went thru a speed trap and nothing happened. That cop didn’t follow “a lawful order”.
Personally I am going to call that judicious enforcement. He will not be suspended or fired for not giving me a ticket nor should he be.
Cops need to use good judgement and enforce egregious violations of said “lawful orders”.
> How about when I drove down the highway yesterday at about 78 mph when the speed limit was 70. I went thru a speed trap and nothing happened. That cop didn’t follow “a lawful order”. <
Interesting. But neither did that cop refuse a direct order. The author of this article wants cops to refuse what are (probably) lawful direct orders.
But I freely admit that no one - not the governor, not the cop, not the citizen - knows for sure just what a “lawful order” is during this quarantine. We can all agree that setting a speed limit is lawful. But what about closing all restaurants in a state for two months to fight a disease? Is that lawful?
I guess the Supreme Court will have to settle that one.
If you were driving at 80 mph, he would have stopped you