Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

August 26, 2008

On June 5, 2007, Eddie Mies, a Shingle Springs, California man who displayed signs of mental illness, shot and killed his father, Arthur Mies. Eddie was then killed after a brief but ferocious firefight with the police.

Three deputies were wounded in the shootout. After losing her husband and son, Karen Mies told a friend she was relieved that the deputies had survived. Two of those deputies celebrated their survival by filing a $34 million lawsuit against Karen and her late husband?s estate.

The deputies claim that Karen, and her late husband, could and should have prevented the assault that resulted in their wounds. Their lawsuit is not supported by the local Sheriff, who worries that it will discourage people from asking for help from the police.

Significantly, police face no liability when they fail to protect any individual citizen. If this lawsuit succeeds, we would be justified in asking why we bother to have police at all.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.