a moral duty
maybe … it fails to invoke
a legal duty
“Mr. Arredondo has contended that he was not the incident commander, and his lawyers said it does not matter in the context of the indictment. “Such an allegation may invoke a moral duty to perform his job well, but it fails to invoke a legal duty,” the lawyers argued in their filings.”
From the article, “Former Uvalde School Police Chief Asks Court to Toss Charges” By Edgar Sandoval.
The article sub headline is, “Investigations have singled out Pete Arredondo for the delayed police response to a 2022 school shooting in Texas. He is expected to appear in court for the first time on Monday.”
I hate to say it but I guess I see the point the lawyers are trying to make.
Chief Pete Arredondo MAY have had a moral duty to perform his job well and protect the lives of those little kids in Uvalde but that doesn’t mean he had a legal duty to do anything about it and just because he let a little thing like … a lack of morals I guess … that and the ability to live with himself should not leave him open to legal prosecution for not performing his job well and not protecting those kids.
While I can see their point, those lawyers lose me along the way there somewhere.
But I have to ask, would I have been any different?
Had I been Chief of School District Police … goodness but I hope so.
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