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Title: Massachussetts Cop Admits that Police Don't Really Care About Public Safety
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Information Liberation
URL Source: http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=50473
Published: Apr 17, 2015
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2015-04-18 14:17:28 by Deckard
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Views: 1282
Comments: 9
Boston, MA — A cyclist in Boston filmed an interaction that confirms what many people already know. The duty of the police is not to protect society, but to enforce the law.
In fact, there is an oft-cited DC Court of Appeals case that legally set this precedent; cops do not protect citizens.
Warren v. District of Columbia held that police do not owe a specific duty to provide police services to citizens based on the public duty doctrine. They are to enforce the law only.
The Boston cyclist who goes by the YouTube handle, Me You, witnessed first hand, the complacent and lackadaisical attitude of police when it comes to public safety. The entire interaction was caught on his bike cam.
During his Tuesday morning bike ride to work over the Longfellow bridge, the cyclist witnessed a state trooper dangerously parked in the bike lane. The trooper’s vehicle was creating a vulnerable bottleneck of traffic and had a cyclist been in that bike lane, they would have been forced into oncoming traffic.
Showing real concern for public safety the cyclist attempted to inform a Boston State trooper of the dangerous actions of one of his co-workers. This proved to be completely futile.
When the cyclist explains to the state trooper that his fellow cop’s choice of parking spots is creating a public safety hazard, the state trooper is blatantly honest about not caring.
“No, we don’t really care about these bike lanes,” the trooper callously explains.
“I’m just trying to point out a dangerous scenario and maybe you can help out,” pleads the cyclist.
When asked if he could simply attempt to rectify a hazardous situation, which could have been done with a simple radio call, the trooper replies, “No.”
This is what protecting and serving has evolved into in the Land of the Free.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Yeah, because one idiots opinion is fact for all 1.9 million officers.... if you're selling anti LE hate.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Attaboy! ...cops do not protect citizens. No, he said they don't care about the bike lanes.
You are like a broken record. lol
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Or any other aspect of public safety.
At least I'm old enough to know what that phrase means. Still have and play all my old LP's.
When are you going to admit that YOU don't care about public safety, Comrade Priss?
Too bad they were illegal in the Soviet Union. Why was that?
No, I double-checked and he said "bike lanes".
Massachussetts Cop Admits that Police Don't Really Care About Public Safety
#2. To: GrandIsland (#1)
(Edited)
Warren v. District of Columbia held that police do not owe a specific duty to provide police services to citizens based on the public duty doctrine. They are to enforce the law only.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
"Massachussetts Cop Admits that Police Don't Really Care About Public Safety"
#4. To: Deckard (#2)
Attaboy!
#5. To: misterwhite (#3)
No, he said they don't care about the bike lanes.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#6. To: GrandIsland (#4)
You are like a broken record.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#7. To: Deckard (#6)
(Edited)
#8. To: Deckard (#6)
Still have and play all my old LP's
#9. To: Deckard (#5)
"Or any other aspect of public safety."
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