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A comment on Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers. Parent comment

Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by EliRivers on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @06:19AM (#9575392)
That's all very well, but it turns out the armour of righteousness is poor protection against getting shot in the back by a policeman, who subsequently plants his excuse on your body. Coppers prepared to do that are hardly going to listen to people claiming their rights are being violated.

I dread the day that standard plod in the UK carries a firearm.

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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by arethuza on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @07:13AM (#9575563)
Well I guess the good news is that the UK police seem pretty adamant that they don't want to be armed on normal duty.
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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by dghf on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @07:35AM (#9575621)
Except with tasers: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/police-federati...
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