A Judge says Cops have No Duty to Protect Kids from School Shootings
A federal judge ruled this week that neither the police nor the school system had any duty to protect students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High during the shooting that claimed 17 lives last year.
U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom dismissed a lawsuit filed by several students of the school. She claims that the duty to protect only applies to prisoners and others who are being held in state custody involuntarily.
Kids apparently are on their own !
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They do. That’s because prisoners are under the care of those holding them. Mathfan has a debate about cops letting a guy get stabbed and the same principle applies. It is most common that police are unable to protect people in the public. We don’t want everyone suing every department every time the cops don’t get there in time or don’t do exactly what would have been necessary in retrospect. So to avoid lawsuits, courts have a precedent that says cops have no duty to protect. |
