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kagome-mizuno:

wilwheaton:

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Yeah, this has also been a lie for almost 17 years. Literally.

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-police-do-not-have-a-constitutional-duty-to-protect.html

Police got sued because a woman reported her abusive ex-husband, trying to protect her kids. Ex kidnaps the three girls, mother calls the police, police do jack and shit. After many hours of calling the cops, trying to get them to DO SOMETHING, the ex shows up at the police, shooting a gun. The girls were dead in his car. She sued, it went to the Supreme Court, and they literally ruled that discretion in all forms falls on the cops; basically, THEY DON’T HAVE TO PROTECT PEOPLE. Which is LITERALLY HALF of “PROTECT AND SERVE”. Police don’t serve much of a point anymore; defund the fuck out of them.