not there to "protect and serve"

[mellowtigger]

I've said many times that police are not there to "protect and serve".  Not even with a protection order.  Not even within a government school.  Not even at Uvalde's massacre.

Maybe you dismissed my claim as progressive nonsense.  Here's a lawyer (YouTube, 15 minutes) describing the U.S. Supreme Court rationale for why it is established case law.

It's infuriating, but it's true.

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[armiphlage]

During the Portapique mass murder in 2020, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police warned their family members, and even the followers of their official Twitter account, but didn't make any public announcement, or warn the members of the communities the killer was driving through. The Mounties did shoot up a fire hall and community centre, and then leave without checking to see if they had injured anyone, or even explaining their actions to the traumatized people inside the building. And now they are declining to testify to the inquiry into their actions, or will not testify publicly, or will not respond to questions when testifying.

[mellowtigger]

I remember hearing about that event back when it happened. I remember worrying that USA dysfunction was spreading.

Speaking of, Michigan state police (remember that police consume huge quantities of budget, everywhere they exist) will stop responding to non-emergency calls because gas prices are too high. It's a tragic comedy. Yet everybody freaks out when some of us call to "defund the police" and spend that same money where it makes a difference.