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Re:The business of tear gas by kolanos on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:57AM (#23392444)
Noticed you left France out. Europe is always better, as long as you're selective.
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Re:The business of tear gas by bathtub365 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:59AM (#23392480)
The person you responded do didn’t mention Europe.
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Re:The business of tear gas by julienfr112 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @12:41PM (#23393005)
Well, no "gillet jaune" died : https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2018/12/21/gilets-jau... (read the article : no death are linked to fight)
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Re:The business of tear gas by ohlookabird on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @01:18PM (#23393486)
Not on purpose. I didn't mean to provide a full list, but only a few examples that I feel I can speak about. To be fair, there is a stereotype about French police being more violent than others. But still, I wouldn't expect that they would shoot rubber bullets into people's faces on purpose and hunt down press like in the US.
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Re:The business of tear gas by bigfudge on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @05:45PM (#23396722)
The French only did that in Algeria (like the UK did it to the Irish). We're mostly more civilised closer to home. I guess the othering of black Americans means most US cops don't really feel like they are firing on their 'own' people.
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