Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/po.../28scotus.html
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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the police did not have a constitutional duty to protect a person from harm, even a woman who had obtained a court-issued protective order against a violent husband making an arrest mandatory for a violation.
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A similar decision was reached in another case, primarily what the decision in this case was based on. Same article
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A 1989 decision, DeShaney v. Winnebago County, held that the failure by county social service workers to protect a young boy from a beating by his father did not breach any substantive constitutional duty.
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Now this may be tragic, but you have to read between the lines. If the police have no obligation to protect you, then where does that obligation belong?
On yourself. You have the not onlt the right, but the obligation to protect yourself. The best way to do that is to arm yourself.