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On the ninth episode of 5-4, Peter (@The_Law_Boy), Rhiannon (@AywaRhiannon), and Michael (@_FleerUltra) talk about a domestic violence case in Colorado that led to the death of three children and a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed a broad vision of police discretion.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11747373

“This is a gruesome case, brought in 2005 by a Colorado woman named Jessica Gonzales. Gonzales had a restraining order against her ex-husband. But when he kidnapped her three children, the police ignored her requests for help. All three children were murdered. The Supreme Court ruled that the police had no obligation to enforce the restraining order.”

  • KeriKitty (They(/It))@pawb.socialEnglish
    18·
    5 months ago

    I heard police aren’t obligated to do anything, at least not here in the US. If that’s true then they’re not technically obligated to be bastards, so they must do it because they want to.

    Too bad it was the kids and not the cops who paid the price here. Somehow it seems to never be who it should be in this hell-world.

  • SuperbEnglish
    7·
    5 months ago

    So in the court’s opinion, what if anything are the police obligated to do?