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Dismiss the Public Duty Doctrine and hold Police accountable for their negligence and inaction.

Created by M.G. on August 10, 2013

The Public Duty Doctrine holds that police agencies are not required to protect or help any individual person, thus meaning they have no duty to help anyone in the country at all. This has been used in cases such as Warren vs District of Columbia to excuse police from their gross negligence that lead to US citizens being victimized.

Dismiss this doctrine and make the police stand by their so-called "Protect and Serve" mantra.

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