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MyNameGoesHere

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9. I am not sure about this

Reply to Segami (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2014, 06:53 PM

Jan 2014

wasn't there a SCOTUS ruling, possibly about police response in Washington, DC that they could not be held accountable? Would this apply to those that manage them? I think this might not go anywhere on a murder charge that is.

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I am not sure about this MyNameGoesHere Jan 2014 #9