Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAuthorities knew Maine shooter was a threat but felt confronting him was unsafe, video showsweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-linkAuthorities knew Maine shooter was a threat but felt confronting him was unsafe, video showsweb.archive.orgDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBoxerDevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down5·11 months agoThe thing is, they have no duty to stop him before he kills someone.
minus-squareJimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·11 months agoIn the US, they don’t even have a duty to stop him after he kills someone. Police have no duty or requirement to protect civilians.
minus-squareirreticent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·11 months agoI know. My point still stands.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoThey don’t appear to have any duties at all.
minus-squareCaptainProton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoTheir only duties are administrative. Draw lines with chalk, collect evidence, fill out paperwork. The only person who can be trusted to defend your life is yourself, unfortunately.
minus-squareDarkGamer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·11 months agoYup. Thanks, supreme court!
minus-squareironeagl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·11 months agoThey have no duty to stop him even as he is killing someone
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·11 months agoNo duty, even after he’s killed a few people, and working to kill more. Maybe we should re-label mass shooters to something like “climate protesters”. Those are words that always receive a massive police response.
minus-squareThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoNo legal* duty
Cowards.
The thing is, they have no duty to stop him before he kills someone.
In the US, they don’t even have a duty to stop him after he kills someone. Police have no duty or requirement to protect civilians.
I know. My point still stands.
They don’t appear to have any duties at all.
Their only duties are administrative. Draw lines with chalk, collect evidence, fill out paperwork.
The only person who can be trusted to defend your life is yourself, unfortunately.
Yup. Thanks, supreme court!
They have no duty to stop him even as he is killing someone
No duty, even after he’s killed a few people, and working to kill more.
Maybe we should re-label mass shooters to something like “climate protesters”. Those are words that always receive a massive police response.
No legal* duty