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The police are not there to protect individuals, they’re there to protect the government. This has been made abundantly clear in a number of cases where police
by nickff 2y ago
The police are not there to protect individuals, they’re there to protect the government. This has been made abundantly clear in a number of cases where police have disclaimed any duty to citizens & residents.
Given all of that, the victims are reacting appropriately.
- vladms 2y agoI would not generalize. Different countries have different police forces. It's true that police will reflect some of the problems of their society (either violence, racism or others), but even that might be more or less strong tendency.
- krageon 2y agoEvery police force exists for the state. They are the means by which the state exerts violence on you. The army is the means by which the state exerts violence on all the other countries' citizens.
- lupire 2y agoMore properly, police in US have a duty to society, not to any specific individual. They are law enforcement. Not crime prevention or victim protection. This is of course a huge problem, because as seen in Uvalde in elsewhere, not only do police have no obligation to help you (which by itself is reasonable of undesirable), but are also empowered to prevent you from helping yourself.