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Sounds like they desperately need a good samaritan law

• kzrdude 10y ago
  No, it sounds like they need to fix a whole range of issues including medical fees, police culture, and so on, that each has a part in enabling social trust.
  • adrianratnapala 10y ago
    This kind of answer to social problems is itself a problem -- no single reform will do much good, so we risk paralysis. But really to move forward people should try to make whatever easy reform might help a bit. In this case a procedural reform in the courts might help. If someone who looks prima-facie like a good Samaritan is being charged with something, and if the court is too swamped to deal with it quickly, they should just drop it. That could help with the police too -- the reason police harass people is to try and get bribes. People pay those bribes because they fear endless red-tape if the try to fight a spurious charge.
• philh 10y ago
  Typically, a good samaritan law relates to the situation where a bystander tries in good faith to help someone, and accidentally makes things worse. A good samaritan law says they won't get in trouble for that. I don't see anything in the article about people being punished for trying to help and making things worse. People get punished just for trying to help. Things go south before a good samaritan law would come into play.
• LionessLover 10y ago
  Sounds more like we desperately need a rule "read the article (in full) before commenting on it".