Now here is where the worshipers will falsely confuse following a lead with presumption of guilt.
On any call to law, it is certainly not the police job to presume guilt, but if a call of concern is made, it is STILL their duty to investigate.
The FBI was informed of a female who was making disturbing posts online about her fascination with the Columbine killers. This lady eventually legally purchased a shotgun in Colorado after traveling from Florida. The posts were so disturbing, a nationwide BOLO was put out. Now if the argument is that was an invasion of her privacy, that is nonsense. Nobody forced her to make the posts. And law enforcement was not out to arrest her, but to find her to asses her mental state and prevent her from acting out on that "credible threat". Fortunately and unfortunately, she ended her life before acting out on what she had posted about.
Even without threats of violence to others with firearms, it is perfectly legal to call law enforcement if one is concerned about a suicidal person, and those are called "welfare calls". The BOLO was put out not just for public safety, but even to prevent her from doing harm to herself, but unfortunately they did not get to her in time.
Point is this was the right thing to do. The police didn't spy on her, her family and friends called. I am quite certain if the family and friends had said nothing, it would have been far more likely she would have hurt others as well.
https://wwmt.com/news/nation-world/fbi-n...ted-search
On any call to law, it is certainly not the police job to presume guilt, but if a call of concern is made, it is STILL their duty to investigate.
The FBI was informed of a female who was making disturbing posts online about her fascination with the Columbine killers. This lady eventually legally purchased a shotgun in Colorado after traveling from Florida. The posts were so disturbing, a nationwide BOLO was put out. Now if the argument is that was an invasion of her privacy, that is nonsense. Nobody forced her to make the posts. And law enforcement was not out to arrest her, but to find her to asses her mental state and prevent her from acting out on that "credible threat". Fortunately and unfortunately, she ended her life before acting out on what she had posted about.
Even without threats of violence to others with firearms, it is perfectly legal to call law enforcement if one is concerned about a suicidal person, and those are called "welfare calls". The BOLO was put out not just for public safety, but even to prevent her from doing harm to herself, but unfortunately they did not get to her in time.
Point is this was the right thing to do. The police didn't spy on her, her family and friends called. I am quite certain if the family and friends had said nothing, it would have been far more likely she would have hurt others as well.
https://wwmt.com/news/nation-world/fbi-n...ted-search
