“Celebrities” React To Viral Officer McMuffin/Karen Video

[stewie_e]

good morning everyone please watch this, i know it’s heartbreaking to see but it must be seen. lmaooooo jk it’s a dumb white cop crying about their mcmuffin being late have a good day everyone. pic.twitter.com/bFCm4B11HR
- elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) June 17, 2020
In the viral clip, originally posted on Facebook Live on Monday, Deputy Stacy

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[semalina]

This isn't true. The police don't owe citizens police services, as ruled by the DC Court of Appeals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia

Sry for the edit (and making this super long), but I feel like people need to actually read/know this. There are 2 separate cases included in this decision and the one which the case takes its name from is HORRIFIC:

"Warren's call was received at Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters at 0623 hours, and was recorded as a burglary-in-progress. At 0626, a call was dispatched to officers on the street as a "Code 2" assignment, although calls of a crime in progress should be given priority and designated as "Code 1." Four police cruisers responded to the broadcast; three to the Lamont Street address and one to another address to investigate a possible suspect.

Meanwhile, Warren and Taliaferro crawled from their window onto an adjoining roof and waited for the police to arrive. While there, they observed one policeman drive through the alley behind their house and proceed to the front of the residence without stopping, leaning out the window, or getting out of the car to check the back entrance of the house. A second officer apparently knocked on the door in front of the residence, but left when he received no answer. The three officers departed the scene at 0633, five minutes after they arrived.

Warren and Taliaferro crawled back inside their room. They again heard Douglas' continuing screams; again called the police; told the officer that the intruders had entered the home, and requested immediate assistance. Once again, a police officer assured them that help was on the way. This second call was received at 0642 and recorded merely as "investigate the trouble;" it was never dispatched to any police officers.

Believing the police might be in the house, Warren and Taliaferro called down to Douglas, thereby alerting Kent to their presence. At knife point, Kent and Morse then forced all three women to accompany them to Kent's apartment. For the next fourteen hours the captive women were raped, robbed, beaten, forced to commit sexual acts upon one another, and made to submit to the sexual demands of Kent and Morse"

[pseudonygma]

Omg, I feel sick.

"absent a special relationship between the police and an individual, no specific legal duty exists"

WTF does that even mean? If you're not BFFs with the police officer sent to you, they can just show up, say "no thanks" and leave?????

JFC, that actually explains a lot about the US justice system. Who are the 4 people who decided that this is okay? Why TF would ANYONE want to establish this kind of jurisprudence??? I have no words... These poor women...

[semalina]

there *some* reason why the court decided this, but i can't remember it and i can't remember the podcast where i heard it >(

[vvitchbaby]

Not that this isn't horrific, but if it only made it to the DC Court of Appeals, this only applies to DC

[semalina]

i'm not sure if this is actually true, but i'm not a lawyer. my understanding is that since it's for the court of appeals vs court of appeals circuit, it can be used as precedence?

[vvitchbaby]

I'm not sure about that either, bc I didn't realize there is a difference! Quick look on Wikipedia says that the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit is the one that oversees Congress and government agencies, so I would assume that is the court that sets precedence?

[vvitchbaby]

Actually the more I think about it, the more my view doesn't make sense, so you're probably right. The Court of Appeals is the DC "state" court so another state could theoretically use their ruling, but it could be appealed to the Supreme Court for a federal finding. But then, I thought it was Circuit rulings that then move to the SC so I'm really not sure lol Wish I had a lawyer friend to ask

[semalina]

calling all ONTD University lawyers to the matter!!