Great article.
I agree: the craziness of those policemen standing guard to make sure she starves to death,I can't get over that.
Around here the police motto on their shield is to serve and protect.
I would not want to have to deal with their connscience.
They are serving and protecting......the bad guys.
In all fairness, I realize that they are following orders. If I were in their shoes, I imagine calling one of the nurses and encouraging them to insert and IV whilst I look the other way.
Terri would certainly remain alive on my shift.
When they killed Nancy Cruzan like this, there were protestors trying to break in and give her water and lots of police to stop that from happening.
A judge does not have any police at his disposal. Some local authority is cooperating either a sherrif or city police chief.