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>> hard-working officers who committed their lives to your safety > The Supreme Court explicitly ruled in Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005) that police have no co
by dataflow 2y ago
>> hard-working officers who committed their lives to your safety
> The Supreme Court explicitly ruled in Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005) that police have no constitutional duty to protect citizens from harm
If a duty isn't constitutional then it doesn't exist?
- reverendsteveii 2y agoThat's what the ruling implies, yeah. The response to the Uvalde school shooting bears that out. Police get all the power and none of the responsibility.
- kelnos 2y agoIn a legal sense, yes. That police can't be held legally liable if they fail to protect someone from harm. They might lose their job, if their boss actually cares about officers putting their lives on the line to protect people, but they are under no obligation to do that. And in practice, most won't ever punish an officer for failing to protect someone when they could have done so.