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The police are agents of the government. Police pretty obviously are there to protect the government from the citizens. Not the other way around.
by sidewndr46 3y ago
The police are agents of the government. Police pretty obviously are there to protect the government from the citizens. Not the other way around.
- the_only_law 3y agoThen what the fuck do you think some “oversight board” is going to do?
- geodel 3y agoAlso protect citizens from other citizens. I don't for a second believe that all weak and strong citizens live happily together if there were no police.
- sidewndr46 3y agoIn the US this is blindingly false. The police have absolutely zero obligation to protect you or your property. This is affirmed by multiple supreme court cases, including cases where the police actively destroyed people's property and at least one case their home.
- lesuorac 3y agoI think you're going about that on the wrong angle; not that unnecessary willful destruction of property is good. But if police are present they have no requirement to stop a crime [1]. [1]: https://gothamist.com/news/city-argues-nypd-had-no-special-duty-to-protect-subway-hero-from-madmans-rampage https://gothamist.com/news/city-argues-nypd-had-no-special-d...