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Re: [Asrg] Anti-spam laws do work, FYI. There's proof.
Barry Shein <bzs at WORLD.STD.COM>:
> Actually there have been many court cases concluding that the police
> have no duty to act in the case of threatening &c behavior absent
> clear felonious behavior (e.g. threatening with a weapon) and can
> simply recommend the victim hire a bodyguard service.
>
> I have a better idea, tell us what you KNOW, not what you wish were
> true.
You should take your own advice. In fact, the police have no duty to
protect individuals *at all*, even in the presence of felonious
behavior. Their duty stops at "maintaining general order". See,
for example, Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. App.181).
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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