What decency in policing looks like
by David Atkins
Here is a video showing how Norwegian cops deal with a violent drunk. It’s pretty eye-opening.
This person would almost certainly have been tazed if not worse in the United States. Why? Well, one right-wing commenter thinks he knows the reason:
American cops would have maced, tasered and beat him.
But why? Because after the “inner city” crack epidemics, with black youths shooting everywhere, American police had to be militarized and trained to act like fucking idiots and ignore common sense, because common sense didn’t apply with those fuckers.
Just another major downside of desegregation.
Conservative racism continues to be the original sin of the United States, explaining a whole host of problems that exist far more in America than in other industrialized countries. A whole host of sick people like that guy want an authoritarian, militarized police force and minimal social services just because of prejudice.
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