According to Pinder v. Johnson, involving a lawsuit by a mother against a police officer and others for the death of her children in a fire:
a. public officials owe private citizens the right to protect them from damage from one another.
b. a violation of clearly established law is not recoverable.
c. the due process clause does not require government actors to affirmatively protect life.
d. an affirmative duty to protect life can never arise on the part of government officials.
c
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