State Created Danger

Weird Little Guys

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True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In April 2025, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by a pair of white supremacists who felt the police had violated their civil rights by refusing to help them put on a rally in Charlottesville in August of 2017. Their lawsuit was a joke, but unfortunately for all of us, the punchline is that the police don't actually have to help anyone.

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