Kramer had been in the government's crosshairs ever since he said he no longer wanted mail. They were waiting to pounce.
I mean, it's ridiculous that any of them were arrested, because the guy had a gun, and as the cop explains the law requires people to help if it's reasonable. How is it reasonable for an unarmed person to try to stop a criminal with a gun?
IMO the writers made a mess of the whole scenario. As you can imagine this has come up from time to time. Larry David said, on the Season 9 DVD featurette "The Last Lap," that the germ of the idea for the Finale came from a law he heard about in France. Clearly, the philosophical and legal concepts of a duty to rescue someone to whom you have no special relationship vary around the world. This is a very interesting area of philosophy and law; however, the Finale does not portray an accurate representation of U.S. law, as well not representing foreign laws which as you suspect involve scenarios where there is no potential danger to the bystander.
Even if they had altered it to make it that the gang had to notify police (rather then render aid) it still wouldn't have made sense as it all happened so fast, I don't think they had cell phones on them, and a policeman came on the scene immediately afterward (who, it seems, was more interested in arresting the gang than going after the robber.)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_rescue
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hack-stone
8 years ago
You have to watch out for those quaint New England villages. They are overrun with armed carjackers.
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