The Myth of Police Protection

[speciallyblend]

Police are like Janitors, instead of cleaning up the mess they only spread the crap around! or Historians

 

[Mach]

I've always known about this, I see reality, not what I'm taught to see.

If you have kids go to some kind of parents day at their school and start telling the whole classroom about this.... they'd probably call the police on you.

 

[CCTelander]

bump

 

[Anti Federalist]

Bumpity bumpity bump

 

[Fox McCloud]

actually, police do "protect and serve", as they're merely peace officers.

That said, I'd argue that in today's society, true police/peace officers are gone...instead we have servants of the state---which are, IMHO, accurately titled "law enforcement".

Either way, assuming that quip about the Supreme Court case is accurate, it proves the point a number of anarcho-capitalists have been making for years; the military, police, and guard are not there to "defend the people/citizens" they're there to defend and insure continuity of the state.

 

[Lucille]

One of our employees was robbed of all of his valuables (guns, jewelry, electronics, etc) by his neighbor over the weekend. He could even still see the footprints leading from their house to his. He called the Co. Sheriff's office, they came over, and was told there was nothing they could do.

I told my DH he should have told them he thought there was a drug operation in the house, and that he thinks they also robbed his house, and they would have been busting down the guy's door within the hour.

To Protect and Serve the State.

 

[coastie]

One of our employees was robbed of all of his valuables (guns, jewelry, electronics, etc) by his neighbor over the weekend. He could even still see the footprints leading from their house to his. He called the Co. Sheriff's office, they came over, and was told there was nothing they could do.

I told my DH he should have told them he thought there was a drug operation in the house, and that he thinks they also robbed his house.....

...and then they would've promptly shot and killed the dogs and kids, stun grenad-ed to death whomever was left, and then burned her down to the ground for good measure. Hell, they might even show up at the wrong house Hooray for state violence on your behalf!

 

[Lucille]

...and then they would've promptly shot and killed the dogs and kids, stun grenad-ed to death whomever was left, and then burned her down to the ground for good measure. Hell, they might even show up at the wrong house Hooray for state violence on your behalf!

LOL... FWIW, my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek.

 

[osan]

horrible story

as the saying goes, when seconds count, the police are minutes (or hours) away (or never show)

Reminds me of a murder on Broadway in the vicinity of 48th street in Manhattan perhaps 25 years ago. In those days it was a real shit neighborhood - the upper end of Hell's Kitchen. Woman is being beaten - screaming. Neighbors call cops. This went on for HOURS. Finally the screaming stopped. Three DAYS later the stupid ass and utterly worthless NYPD show up. Of course the woman had been dead for three days. But what's another dead nigger in the scheme of life in NYC, right?

Police are less than worthless. Don't want them. Don't need them. Not all are bad guys, but enough are to ruin things for everyone and that is all I need to know.

I say eliminate them one and all.

 

[coastie]

LOL... FWIW, my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek.

I hear ya, so was mine.

I was also alluding to the all too common attitude nowadays to do exactly as you said it though, drives me insane.

 

[aGameOfThrones]

Bump

 

[ClayTrainor]

Understanding this thread could save your life one day.

 

[DamianTV]

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The three victims sued DC and the officers involved for negligently failing to provide adequate police protection, but their case was dismissed. No jury ever heard any of the evidence.

The court stated that "official police personnel and the government employing them are not generally liable to victims of criminal acts for failure to provide adequate police protection." According to the court, this rule "rests upon the fundamental principle that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular individual citizen." (Id. emphasis added)

Thread was recently Referenced, thus needs emphasis on WHY it was Referenced.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

still an epic thread after all this time.

 

[CCTelander]

bump

 

[donnay]

Great thread!

911 would be the very last thing I would do if an intruder was in my home.

 

[CCTelander]

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[CCTelander]

Sadly, STILL relevant.

 

[CCTelander]

Bump for the elderly couple in IL.

 

[Krugerrand]

Bump for the elderly couple in IL.

This thread should just be stickied in Individual Rights and Liberties.