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On the ninth episode of 5-4, Peter (@The_Law_Boy), Rhiannon (@AywaRhiannon), and Michael (@_FleerUltra) talk about a domestic violence case in Colorado that led to the death of three children and a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed a broad vision of police discretion.

“This is a gruesome case, brought in 2005 by a Colorado woman named Jessica Gonzales. Gonzales had a restraining order against her ex-husband. But when he kidnapped her three children, the police ignored her requests for help. All three children were murdered. The Supreme Court ruled that the police had no obligation to enforce the restraining order.”

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Castle Rock is located in a very wealthy, very white county in Colorado. It’s full of “I got mine, fuck you” right wing assholes. Lots of MAGA hats, very few masks, that kinda crowd. They absolutely did not want their police force to divert any energy away from protecting their McMansions by having to protect someone with the last name “Gonzales”.