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[Thumpalumpacus]

Here's what our state laws demands of peace officers:

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - CRIM P Art. 2.13. Duties and powers
Current as of April 14, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) It is the duty of every peace officer to preserve the peace within the officer's jurisdiction.  To effect this purpose, the officer shall use all lawful means.

(b) The officer shall:

(1) in every case authorized by the provisions of this Code, interfere without warrant to prevent or suppress crime;

(2) execute all lawful process issued to the officer by any magistrate or court;

(3) give notice to some magistrate of all offenses committed within the officer's jurisdiction, where the officer has good reason to believe there has been a violation of the penal law;  and

(4) arrest offenders without warrant in every case where the officer is authorized by law, in order that they may be taken before the proper magistrate or court and be tried.

© It is the duty of every officer to take possession of a child under Article 63.009(g).

(d) Subject to Subsection (e), in the course of investigating an alleged criminal offense, a peace officer may inquire as to the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to the offense only if the officer determines that the inquiry is necessary to:

(1) investigate the offense;  or

(2) provide the victim or witness with information about federal visas designed to protect individuals providing assistance to law enforcement.

(e) Subsection (d) does not prevent a peace officer from:

(1) conducting a separate investigation of any other alleged criminal offense;  or

(2) inquiring as to the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense if the officer has probable cause to believe that the victim or witness has engaged in specific conduct constituting a separate criminal offense.

(f) On a request made by that office, a peace officer shall execute an emergency detention order issued by the Texas Civil Commitment Office under Section 841.0837, Health and Safety Code.

Each officer present that day should ought to have already been prosecuted for violating b)1.

[Pat Mustard]

400 Good Guys with Guns™ waited 77 minutes while 23 people were murdered.

From the article:
“Had law enforcement agencies followed generally accepted practices in an active shooter situation and gone right after the shooter to stop him, lives would have been saved and people would have survived,”

But, cops, the people allegedly trained and payed to deal with these situations, might have been killed, and that we cannot have. Dead teachers? Fine.* Dead kids? Acceptable.* Dead cops? That's a bridge too fucking far!* Besides, just think of the cost to the taxpayer for those funeral parades.

(*)At least, according to out elected officials based on their thoughts, prayers, and lack of meaningful efforts to curb these fucking atrocities.

The supreme court has ruled that it's not a cop's job to protect the public, uphold the law and serve the nation. So they were entirely right, according to far right political and legal "thought", to not go in. It wasn't their jobs.

[Pat Mustard]

Would you pretend to belive in god in order to be the king of England?

Prince William Told to Back Christianity or Abdicate

Prince William "has to accept" his future role as head of the Church of England or "step aside and abdicate," Queen Elizabeth II's former chaplain says.

Ashenden, the queen's chaplain from 2008 to 2017, said: "I think it's very interesting and it's almost certainly true. William doesn't show any signs of being alive to the vibrancy of Christian faith.

"And in that sense, he is very representative of his generation, but I don't think he understands the monarchy because although lots of people have talked about disestablishing the Church of England and changing our constitutional arrangements, they're immensely complex and they go back through 500 years of legislation.

"So I think he either has to accept the fact that this is a role he plays, whether he likes it or not, which is part actually of the burden of monarchy, or if he feels that strongly and he can't do it, then step aside and abdicate and see if there's somebody else in the Royal succession who can."

"In royal circles, it is no secret that he does not share the King's sense of the spiritual, let alone the late Queen's unshakeable devotion to the Anglican church."

https://www.newsweek.com/prince-william-...te-1861430

So in other words he's not quite as gullible or as prone to falling for con artists as his father is.  Not exactly a high bar to clear, but then again this is the royal family.

[Thumpalumpacus]

The supreme court has ruled that it's not a cop's job to protect the public, uphold the law and serve the nation.  So they were entirely right, according to far right political and legal "thought", to not go in.  It wasn't their jobs.

No, they weren't right. The SCOTUS may decide that those things are not part of a cop's duties, but each state may further define in law what it demands of police.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The supreme court has ruled that it's not a cop's job to protect the public, uphold the law and serve the nation.  So they were entirely right, according to far right political and legal "thought", to not go in.  It wasn't their jobs.

No, they weren't right. The SCOTUS may decide that those things are not  part of a cop's duties, but each state may further define in law what it demands of police.

If people with guns, badges, and qualified immunity aren’t there to protect the public, then they are there to oppress the public. I don’t see any other options.

Boru

[Deesse23]

About a week ago a meeting was leaked. A meeting of AfD politicians and some well known nazi elements. It was a secret meeting titled "re-migration" and it was about ....well, deporting millions of foreigners, applicants for german citizenship and "people with german passport who didnt assimilate properly". Ironically it was held in Podsdam, right next to Wannsee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference).

This weekend, protest marches were called for:
Munich: 25.000 people expected, 100.000 showed up, according to police (250.000 according to organizers). Police had to call it off finally. Too many people showed up. Safety could not be guaranteed.
Bremen: 40.000
Frankfurt: 35.000
Cologne: 70.000
Leipzig: 5.000 expected, 60.000 showed up
Berlin: 100.000

[Thumpalumpacus]

No, they weren't right. The SCOTUS may decide that those things are not  part of a cop's duties, but each state may further define in law what it demands of police.

If people with guns, badges, and qualified immunity aren’t there to protect the public, then they are there to oppress the public. I don’t see any other options.

Boru

Here in Tejas, as noted above, LEOs are required by law to intervene and stop (if possible) and crime occurring in their presence, whether or not they are on duty. I agree with you generally, except to say that such impotent officers may still be useful in solving a case.

[Thumpalumpacus]

About a week ago a meeting was leaked. A meeting of AfD politicians and some well known nazi elements. It was a secret meeting titled "re-migration" and it was about ....well, deporting millions of foreigners, applicants for german citizenship and "people with german passport who didnt assimilate properly". Ironically it was held in Podsdam, right next to Wannsee  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference).

This weekend, protest marches were called for:
Munich: 25.000 people expected, 100.000 showed up, according to police (250.000 according to organizers). Police had to call it off finally. Too many people showed up. Safety could not be guaranteed.
Bremen: 40.000
Frankfurt: 35.000
Cologne: 70.000
Leipzig: 5.000 expected, 60.000 showed up
Berlin: 100.000

These people were protesting the AfD's plans, I assume?

[arewethereyet]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...2457&ei=11

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ending his 2024 Republican presidential campaign after failing to overtake rival Donald Trump in polling or in the early vote.

DeSantis made the announcement in a video posted to social media on Sunday with less than 48 hours until voting in New Hampshire's primary, the second state in the nominating race.

[Silver]

I honestly believe DeSatan would have made a far worse president than Trump.