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Police Don`t Have Constitutional Duty To Protect Someone

The Supreme Court ruled June 27 that the police did not have a constitutional duty to protect a person from harm, even a woman who had obtained a court-issued protective order against a violent husband making an arrest mandatory for a violation.

Read About It: New York Times

Posted: 6/28/2005 9:14:22 AM

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