Re:'Siri I'm getting pulled over': New shortcut can automati...
by squarefoot on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:21AM
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Just ask anyone who witnessed what happened in Genoa during the 2001 G8 summit or the family of other Italian Police victims, or other less known episodes.
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As in many other countries, the real problem is not guns (clarification: I'm against guns) but selection; someone letting his political views or the level of testosterone screw up his personal control during service should never ever be given an uniform, let alone a gun, period. And I'm 100% sure if we publicly screened every cop after service for drugs or steroids use, the scandal would explode within days.
Cops are violent because corrupt powers need them as such: once they get a minor punishment or are acquitted after an unprovoked beating/killing, they can become a paramilitary force in the hands of the same politicians who helped them, both during service and after they retire. As usual, it's all about corruption.
Re:'Siri I'm getting pulled over': New shortcut can automati...
by tim333 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @09:42AM
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Well, not zero killings but the fact you have to go back 17 years for your examples illustrates the US is a tad worse. I tried to find some stats but couldn't for Italy.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Raid_on_Armando_Diaz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Aldrovandi
https://italychronicles.com/the-shocking-case-of-stefano-cuc...
...etc.
As in many other countries, the real problem is not guns (clarification: I'm against guns) but selection; someone letting his political views or the level of testosterone screw up his personal control during service should never ever be given an uniform, let alone a gun, period. And I'm 100% sure if we publicly screened every cop after service for drugs or steroids use, the scandal would explode within days. Cops are violent because corrupt powers need them as such: once they get a minor punishment or are acquitted after an unprovoked beating/killing, they can become a paramilitary force in the hands of the same politicians who helped them, both during service and after they retire. As usual, it's all about corruption.