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Re:How much do we need the police? by kolinko on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:03AM (#23413938)
Have you ever lived in a country that has a well functioning, nonviolent Police? E.g. somewhere in Europe?

Have you ever lived in a country where people don’t have weapons? It is like night and day really - I never heard of a shooting in my neighborhood, and when Police shoots someone unarmed by accident, it is nationwide news (in a nation of 40M, I remember one situation happening a few years back).

edit: I found some stats for my country. Every year, for 40M population Poland: 125 uses of guns by Police (warning shots etc), around 25 times shot towards a person, 1-2 people killed.

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Re:How much do we need the police? by dependenttypes on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:44AM (#23418129)
> Have you ever lived in a country that has a well functioning, nonviolent Police? E.g. somewhere in Europe?

I know for a fact that the police in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Balkan countries is extremely shitty. You do not need an armed police in order for them to be violent.

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