If the police do not have a legal obligation to protect us (U.S.), then why do they exist?

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After the Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson was acquitted, and then the inexplicable inaction of the Uvalde officers, I can’t help but wonder.

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To protect and enforce the rule of law. They are an extension of their local government and exist to enforce local provisions.

Misdemeanors/felonies are crimes against the state/government. That is why they intercede.

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