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.

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

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