Warp wrote:
> Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>>>   So police officers are not assumed to be ready for emergencies in their
>>> break. Even if a gang is mass raping a woman, the policeman can simply  
>>> say
>>> "I'm on a break, not my problem; maybe when my break is over".
> 
>> Yep in the same way that ambulance drivers, doctors, and firefighters are  
>> not assumed to be ready for emergencies in their break.
> 
>   I'm pretty sure a policeman would be sent to jail if it did like
> I described.
> 

Not in the USA. The police have the duty to solve and prevent crimes, 
not to prevent all of them from occurring. Which ones they pick and 
choose is not exactly a clear cut matter.

summary: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28scotus.html
actual ruling: http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/gonzalesf122805.pdf

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