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Re:FBI raids researcher who discovered private patient data ... by kichimi on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:53AM (#28997207)
I think you've been seriously mislead about European police. Your description is of the heavily armed US police and not like any police force you'll hear about in Europe.

The actual military police only police servicemen and have no authority over civilians, you will only find them in army towns.

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Re:FBI raids researcher who discovered private patient data ... by brigandish on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:10AM (#28999379)
I'm British, hence I'm European. The UK does not have a paramilitary police force, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal… all have paramilitary police forces. Apparently, there are more that I was unaware of.

How were you misled into not knowing that all these major powers have gendarmerie?

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