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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses
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"Law enforcement broadly refers to any system by which some members of society act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating or punishing persons who violate the rules and norms governing that society."
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement"]Law enforcement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
You are right, I misspoke. I should have said "member of society" instead of citizen, I did not mean to imply special/individual treatment. Officers are there to enforce laws which benefit society, as a member of society I want to know that they are upholding their duty to society in a just and dignified manner.
Edit: Apologies for the triple posting, this stirs some stuff up in me.
Edit 2: Upon reading the details of the case that is a tragic and gut wrenching thing to happen and a certain failure of the law enforcement that was requested, but logically the police department cannot be held responsible for every failing and close call and "what if" scenario. I have a feeling there are some details missing from wikipedia, possibly a socio-economic bias, the area is gentrified now but 38 years ago I have a hunch that LE didn't put much effort into the area seeing it as a waste and a risk.