The Strange Universe of Police Procedurals: Blue Bloods and R v Waterfield
Let’s say that you are a police officer trying to do your due diligence by supervising a civil rights protest and making sure it stays peaceful. Suddenly a mother and her son approach you to ask a question and, at the same time, between the throngs of unhappy citizens you see a cyclist. It clicks, you do the math, you see the trajectory and you realize, with horror, that the cyclist is on a collision course with the helpless family in front of you. What would you do?
