• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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      10 hours ago

      Oh this absolutely happens here in europe too, just not with such a needlessly large amount of cops. Makes it no less dangerous though.

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        7 hours ago

        America has “police by intimidation” as its default response. Most of Europe seems to have “police by consent” as the default.

        It leads to a different mentality. They might still roll out the whole cavalry, but it will more likely be led by a polite knock at the door, and an initial attempt to de-escalate.

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        5 hours ago

        They mentioned in the video more cops came because they wanted to meet the gaming grandma, and they cleared the scene pretty quick.

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        6 hours ago

        I don’t think a grandma would have to raise money for cancer treatment in the EU…