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"The question that is frequently asked is Under what circumstances does the state or municipal entities have a constitutional duty to protect citizens from violence at the hands of private actors?

The general answer to this question is that there is no constitutional duty to protect free citizens. The only clear case of a duty to protect is when a citizen is in the custody of a state or municipality."




Respectfully: you are assuming, with this answer, that I do not understand what the currently-held jurisprudence is. And not that I assert that that jurisprudence is horseshit. Because I do understand it, and it is horseshit.


No, I respect you as an HN contributor and wouldn't offend your intelligence with that.

Since comments are public I don't necessarily address the parent poster with them, I also speak to the broader reader/commenter base.

I should have made myself clear on that, sorry.




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