Police officer conduct?

[u/vcrfuneral_]

Hello,

I am not sure where to report this, or If I can even do something about it.

Last night there was a terribly bad accident and it happened right in front of us so I was the first person to dial 911.

Police eventually showed up and took care of the family in the first car, but the victim of the second car was severely injured as well. I told two different police officers who were in their vehicles blocking off traffic that there was a second victim severely injured and they didn't respond. There weren't enough ambulances. I didn't want to disturb the medical personnel or police actively involved. It took so long for someone to come over to check on the kid that the victims family had time to drive there and started freaking out and asking for someone to please go and help their sister because at this point she had been pulled into the parking lot and was seemingly going unconscious.

One officer starts screaming in her face arguing with her that she was going to get arrested for being disorderly, but it had been so long and nobody was even paying attention to her. I don't blame her for yelling for help and maybe she had so much adrenaline that she was freaking out, but can an officer get in her face, threaten to arrest her and yell at her for trying to advocate assistance for her sibling?

I gave my conact info to one of the girls as I witnessed everything and left but the police officer was still being a fucking asshole.

I'm probably in the wrong here but are they really allowed to treat us like that?

[u/G_Rex]

All I can hope is that other LEOs read this and take note: Your job is to protect and serve. You are a servant to the public. Believing you are anything above that is how incidents like this and Uvalde happen.

[u/RefractedCell → u/G_Rex]

The Supreme Court would like a word on the whole protect thing.

[u/houndmomnc → u/G_Rex]

In general, the job of police is to protect and serve the property and interests of some people. Most of us are not those people. (I know, I know, #NotAllCops, but many.)

[u/Fanamir → u/houndmomnc]

No, you hit the nail on the head, you don't need the disclaimer at the end. That is their direct function in society, and if that is the function of the institution then that means that everybody within that institution serves those interests. The people that don't are fired for being bad at their job (in this case, by being good people and having an idealized idea of what they thought police were and should be). So yes, all cops. That's not an attack against all cops as individuals, but it's the institution itself that's rotten not just specific apples.

[u/G_Rex → u/houndmomnc]

I understand that. The police have always been a tool of the ruling class to suppress the lower and middle class. Sadly, in America, the supreme court ruled that police have no obligation to protect anyone from harm, only to protect "the public."

Reason number 5 frickin' million I'm embarassed by the state of our country.

[u/MikeOKurias → u/G_Rex]

only to protect "the public."

That's code for "the few ultra rich people out there"

That's why Luigi is a terrorist but the guy who rammed people in New Orleans is a "former soldier".

[u/ButtonDifferent3528 → u/G_Rex]

“Police are a servant to the public” is a misconception. Protect and serve does not mean protect and serve the community, it means protect and serve the LAW.

In other words, it is their job to uphold the law through vigilance (protect the law) and cite/detain/arrest where appropriate (serve the law).

This is why regular police officers hold no Constitutional duty to protect anyone according to Supreme Court precedent (Castle Rock vs. Gonzales)… and why situations like Uvalde happen.

[u/Squillz105 → u/ButtonDifferent3528]

THIS IS THE POINT HERE. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that Police have no duty to protect the public. So many people NEED to understand this!!

[u/tn_notahick → u/Squillz105]

Additionally, it was the police themselves that pushed this case to the supreme Court. They literally lost Navy cases in the lower courts that said "yeah, you protect and serve", and they kept arguing that they didn't have a duty to protect. They argued in multiple courts.

It's not like the courts just said "no they don't"... The police themselves actually pushed until they got the SC ruling.

[u/sconquergood → u/ButtonDifferent3528]

On top of that they aren't even required to know the law.

[u/EffectiveSoil3789 → u/G_Rex]

They don't give a shit. They just sit in the heat in some random Walgreens lot and watch the city go to hell around them. Collect a check from the taxpayers

[u/Broberts505 → u/G_Rex]

Iirc, there was a ruling that said police aren't required to protect and serve anymore. The police are just a gang employed by the state. I feel like the Comedian from the Watchmen had it all figured out.

[u/BW_RedY1618 → u/G_Rex]

The Supreme Court has ruled that the police have no obligation to "protect and serve" on at least three separate occasions.

Police are not here to protect or serve us as American citizens. They're here to protect and serve the capitalist class from the working class.

[u/WrongAssumption2480 → u/G_Rex]

Nashville’s Guardians. Says it on the cars.

[u/Glittering_Code_4311 → u/G_Rex]

Look up Warren vs District of Columbia, the police serve no one but themselves, they protect no one but themselves basically they are their to give you tickets to collect revenue and to serve others in the executive branch of government, the public is not there concern or issue, we are not part of the thin blue line those protected by the courts who gave them qualified immunity.

[u/No-Raspberry4433 → u/G_Rex]

Are you a cop? If not those are strong words from someone who doesn’t do the job

[u/NashvilleHillRunner → u/No-Raspberry4433]

You’re getting downvoted but you’re exactly right. Alllll these little crybabies would be calling the police so fast it’d make your head spin if they ever got attacked by a criminal!

[u/effervescentechelon → u/NashvilleHillRunner]

as someone who has dealt with criminals in a retail setting, i NEVER wanted to call the cops on them. fuck off

[u/NashvilleHillRunner → u/effervescentechelon]

Yeah, sure! 😆

[u/Downtown_Audience_96 → u/NashvilleHillRunner]

I’d rather be locked in a cell with a known serial killer than a TN cop.

[u/NashvilleHillRunner → u/Downtown_Audience_96]

Haha, we’ll, that certainly tells me all I need to know about you!

[u/Downtown_Audience_96 → u/NashvilleHillRunner]

Your lack of intelligence is showing, “NashvilleHillRunner”. I can defend myself fully against one of the two, and would be believed over one of the two. It wouldn’t be the cop. Have fun being a joke.

[u/oldtexaslady → u/NashvilleHillRunner]

Hello again. I sincerely urge you to learn more about court rulings, immunity, how the police force was founded, and what their actual duties are.

There are comments up above that really start to explain how the institution of the police is extremely flawed and must be revamped.

I commented to you last time this came up that if you would take some time to dive into this subject even just a little bit deeper you will find that the police system needs to be completely overhauled. It has origins in slavery and it has gone downhill ever since.

I recently learned a lot about the police in our capitalistic society and it was completely eye-opening. I sincerely hope you will do the same. You will find that you can never go back. Thank you for your time.

[u/AGGGGHHHHH-its-bees → u/NashvilleHillRunner]

And what are the cops doing about the run of smash and grabs in east? Taking 90 mins to respond at the very least? Not investigating? Not collecting video footage being offered by residents? Keep bootlicking those useless fucks, brother. I’m sure they’ll notice you eventually