Originally Posted By: Anduril
Originally Posted By: RichardS
Ignorance of the law isn't an excuse when you break a new law just because you're following orders.
(Which, from what I remember reading, he was doing. He was told to arrest anyone that prevented him From Getting a blood sample.)
What, exactly, is the officer supposed to do? He gets fired for not following orders if he doesn't do it, and he gets fired because the situation blew up because he did? The one to fire is his superior who told him to do it.
Are police not allowed to use their brains? I'm not being sarcastic, I am genuinely interested in the answer.
Originally Posted By: RichardS
Ignorance of the law isn't an excuse when you break a new law just because you're following orders.
(Which, from what I remember reading, he was doing. He was told to arrest anyone that prevented him From Getting a blood sample.)
What, exactly, is the officer supposed to do? He gets fired for not following orders if he doesn't do it, and he gets fired because the situation blew up because he did? The one to fire is his superior who told him to do it.
Are police not allowed to use their brains? I'm not being sarcastic, I am genuinely interested in the answer.