No Special Duty
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The Importance of Protecting People
We don't usually think of government getting to do things without some sort of formal permission, a statute or constitutional authorization. That's so strange. And like not even in like, I don't know, state constitutions or something. Our job is to protect and serve. We have a natural duty to protect what most police officers want to be doing as standing between the general public and violence.
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