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As well. would we then also be asking why didn't police stop them? would police then be facing some other set of charges for allowing him to go in? >> it's such a wonderful question, brooke. that's the point. you know, under the public duty doctrine, what ends up happening is the police have a duty to the general public, but a duty to none. what that means is sure they want to act to protect us all, but they don't have an abigation to protect any single person. if they do seek to intervene and something happens, you can sue them. as a result of that, if the police did indeed let someone go in,...
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