The Police Have No Duty To Protect You

<p>Today on Legalese, we discuss a very disappointing video from one of my favorite YouTube political commentators, The Actual Justice Warrior. Somehow this normally stellar YouTuber got it in his head that the police having no duty to protect you is a complete myth.&nbsp;So I made this video to correct the record and irrefutably prove the police have no duty to protect you.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ActualJusticeWarrior" target="_blank">Actual Justice Warrior YouTube Channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO3RIp4iQWs&amp;t=178s" target="_blank">Do Police Have A Duty To Protect You? (Full Video)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/police_powers" target="_blank">Police Powers</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_power_(United_States_constitutional_law)" target="_blank">Police Powers in Con L:aw</a></li> <li><a href="https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/public-duty-doctrine/" target="_blank">Public Duty Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/district-of-columbia/court-of-appeals/1981/79-6-3.html" target="_blank">Warren v. District of Columbia (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia" target="_blank">Warren v DC</a></li> <li><a href="https://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2013JUL/3001010882012002SCIV.pdf" target="_blank">Lozito v New York (Case Brief)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim_Gelman_stabbing_spree#Lozito_v._New_York_City" target="_blank">Lozito v New York</a></li> <li><a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/489/189/" target="_blank">DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. DSS, 489 U.S. 189 (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeShaney_v._Winnebago_County" target="_blank">DeShaney v. Winnebago County</a></li> <li><a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/545/748/" target="_blank">Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005)</a></li> <li><