• 555@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Yaasss, forcing law enforcement to “do their job” or go to jail sounds like a great idea!

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      4 months ago

      Unions should always back the due process rights of their members…

      Of all the things to shit on Police Unions for, this one actually requires a conviction to be valid.

      Until then, it is every union’s moral and ethic obligation to support their members as they go through the legal process.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Unions are supposed to protect the powerless.

        From my perspective, the police union wouldn’t be especially different from a corporate executives’ union.

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    4 months ago

    Wasn’t it already decided that police are not obliged to help anyone? How can this go anywhere?

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      4 months ago

      Yeah this has already been litigated over and over, police have no obligation to protect or serve

      Edit: Spelling

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        4 months ago

        But they forcibly prevented the parents from protecting their own children. It’s fine to say you won’t protect and serve but by preventing the parents from going in should be some degree of murder. How the fuck could good Samaritan laws work if the people are required to act.

        • SOMETHINGSWRONG@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          The officers literally instructed hiding children through the door to shout for help during an active shooter situation

          This resulted in the direct death of at least one child that would otherwise have survived

          The cops literally caused more dead kids than if they never showed up at all, indicated by the parent who fucking Metal Geared past the police line to extract their kids

          Not to even mention how their messaging post-incident indicated the cops killed kids with indiscriminate shooting

          Someone’s gotta do something about these cops.

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      4 months ago

      Everyone owes it themselves to watch the PBS Frontline documentary on the Uvalde response.

      Cowardice, gross negligence, and outrageous incompetence.

      The only people I had respect for was the BORTAC team that showed up and got the shit going and actually made entry into the room.