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They are talking about "Warren v. District of Columbia" court case.

To quote from wikipedia: "Warren v. District of Columbia[1] (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981) is a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case that held that the police do not owe a specific duty to provide police services to specific citizens based on the public duty doctrine."

It kinda means (very loosely): If you call the police to help you, but they don't show up, tough luck. You can't sue them over that.




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