Posted on 04/04/2006 3:23:42 AM PDT by freepatriot32
Many officers will do that.
About 10 years ago my car broke down at night and while I was waiting for AAA a cop pulled up. He waited with me until the tow truck guy came. He didn't have to and it was nice that he did. I guess "protect and serve" meant something to him.
The police have no obligation to protect you as an individual, only society as a whole by investigating crimes after they happen.
Well, you can call the officer who stayed (and I never asked him to) and tell him he should not have.
What did he have? A roach clip?
a great arguement for a snub nosed 357 meets male genitalia and adds another rapist to the male choir of super high pitched voices story...
how can anyone blame the police...surely the guy who raped her is responsible...
This was a few blocks away from me.
Well it's nice that he did stay but SCOTUS has ruled time and again that police have no obligation to the individual and can not be held liable for inaction.
See: Castle Rock v Gonzales, Warren v District of Columbia
We are in San Bernardino County, but please don't confuse the nice bedroom community of Upland with the hellhole of San Bernardino.
That part isn't missing from the story -- they called somebody to give her a ride, and the ride didn't show up. She decided to walk, and they had to let her go.
In my city, they have a neat service called "Taxi cabs" that will take you where you want to go, for a fee, if you don't have a car. Perhaps San Bernardino could look into a service like this.
'He was out of jail on his own recognizance Thursday night.'
Multiculturalism at its' best... Magba Kamara, sounds indian to me...however don't know what the woman's culture is...
whatever it is , the police are not responsible for the woman choosing to walk herself home...
Read the story, linda. The girl walked off on her own.
I did read the story. I was suggesting that's what she should have done.
But did they offer to give her a ride or did they refuse to give her a ride? That's my question.
Reading between the lines, I'd say they didn't offer a ride -- hence, the guy saying it's up to the officer whether he has time do do it.
But they were waiting with her, and did attempt to get her a ride, and she wandered off.
Police Capt. Jeff Mendenhall said that despite the obvious safety concerns, police followed proper procedures in letting the woman walk through the city alone in the middle of the night.
"She could have been taken somewhere, but she turned it down," Mendenhall said. "If she were a juvenile we would have made arrangements to get her home. But if it's an adult we can't force them against their will."
At first I felt very sorry for this woman but if she refused a ride, then I don't know what else could have been done. Not smart to walk alone late at night, especially for a woman.
We have them all over. Currently, I am facing a 5 yr felony for driving my wife's car in which she had a 105 gram container of cs/pepper spray in the glove box--her dad gave it to her 22 years ago. In Michigan, the legal limit is 35 grams...little did we know.
I will never again be cooperative with Law Enforcement. The term protect and serve is now officially a fallacy IMHO...
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