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In reply to the discussion: Westboro Baptists protest Moore, OK. Residents rout them and run them off. [View all]IronGate
(2,186 posts)19. No, they do not.
The SCOTUS has ruled that the police have no legal duty to intervene or protect individual citizens unless in custody.
http://policelink.monster.com/training/articles/2152-supreme-court-police-have-no-liability-for-failing-to-enforce-a-restraining-order-
Law Enforcement generally has no constitutional duty to protect citizens from third party harm.
Altough I can't for the life of me see any cop not intervening in a crime in progress, but cops and cities can't be sued for not intervening and protecting a citizen.
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Westboro Baptists protest Moore, OK. Residents rout them and run them off. [View all]
WilliamPitt
Apr 2014
OP
I bet the losers already have a case filed, "state failed to protect our 1st amendment rights"
snooper2
Apr 2014
#2
wonderful when groups of extremist fundies battle each other. it's god's will lol nt
msongs
Apr 2014
#4
If they had been near a grocery store it could have taken years and cost millions of lives. nt
rrneck
Apr 2014
#40
Imagine crowds chanting "USA! USA! USA!" and chasing off antiwar activists. How would that be? n/t
xocet
Apr 2014
#26
You don't have to be sorry. However, you do have to show that what they were doing is illegal.
xocet
Apr 2014
#37
Remember that when others who do not share your opinion cross a police line to force you out of the
xocet
Apr 2014
#42
I get what you're getting at ... however, there's some 'protests' that are so blatantly fucked up
brett_jv
Apr 2014
#60
A nationalist mob threatening to attack peaceful protesters is not a good thing...
Taitertots
Apr 2014
#38
That is a pretty quaint defense of a nationalist mob running people out of town
Taitertots
Apr 2014
#61