>and they will come and help
the police are not obligated to help you in the US, this has been the subject of at least 2 supreme court cases.
the police are not obligated to help you in the US, this has been the subject of at least 2 supreme court cases.
Then we're talking past each other. That isn't what the Supreme Court decisions were about at all.
And I doubt OP was speaking about those times when the country is entirely on fire or the police department has been nuked. Rather, I think the point is that the police will do anything they reasonably can do to help.
Note the last two words (in parentheses). That's the point being made: There aren't enough police to guarantee everyone protection.