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18. Whoa... Where is the beating? The taser? The gun?
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 10:55 AM
Oct 2014

These officers clearly received some type of training our officers do not. So they received training.

Deescalation just isn't the way many American police officers like to handle things. Escalating things to devastating and potentially deadly consequences is more of their thing.

What a stark difference. blackspade Oct 2014 #1
Yup, and they would have said it was because they were afraid for their own safety.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #3
This is what happens when you have a Police Force that's not part psycho and part nasty. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #2
How do you get the english subtitles? I didn't see them. But yeah, It is nice to see cops diabeticman Oct 2014 #4
Click on the little "CC" icon at the bottom of the screen nuxvomica Oct 2014 #5
Thanks. I will. diabeticman Oct 2014 #10
diabeticman Diclotican Oct 2014 #6
You don't have to sell me. I find your country and a few others to be a far more civilize than diabeticman Oct 2014 #12
Here, here! kag Oct 2014 #24
kag Diclotican Oct 2014 #32
Spent a week in Trondheim on business last month. pangaia Oct 2014 #19
pangaia Diclotican Oct 2014 #31
I have an invitation to return, pangaia Oct 2014 #33
pangaia Diclotican Oct 2014 #34
Ready for this? pangaia Oct 2014 #37
pangaia Diclotican Oct 2014 #38
I did think twice about ordering the whale sushi. pangaia Oct 2014 #40
pangaia Diclotican Oct 2014 #42
That's some great info about the airport. pangaia Oct 2014 #43
pangaia Diclotican Oct 2014 #44
Wow. No riot gear or anything. Imagine the beating he would have gotten in Los Angeles... WhoIsNumberNone Oct 2014 #7
Why would the guys with the guns "fear for their safety?" Atman Oct 2014 #8
Unfortunately, thanks to the gun industry and the NRA, guns are everywhere in the US Thor_MN Oct 2014 #9
Wimps! Helen Borg Oct 2014 #11
Andy and Otis on Mayberry. When people were people and knew each other. n/t DebJ Oct 2014 #13
not tazed either riverwalker Oct 2014 #14
riverwalker Diclotican Oct 2014 #35
Oh my goodness. If this ... cntrygrl Oct 2014 #15
What a difference! VA_Jill Oct 2014 #16
VA_Jill Diclotican Oct 2014 #36
I grew up in Wisconsin VA_Jill Oct 2014 #45
VA_Jill Diclotican Oct 2014 #46
They subdued him without tasers? mountain grammy Oct 2014 #17
I agree. SamKnause Oct 2014 #26
Whoa... Where is the beating? The taser? The gun? EEO Oct 2014 #18
No brutal beating, no Tasing, no shooting. Notice, too, how politely tblue37 Oct 2014 #20
Cops in the USA feel it is their duty to administer punishment. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #21
They are told that. JayhawkSD Oct 2014 #25
I like your explanation. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #28
He may well have been dead in LA. ballyhoo Oct 2014 #22
So they didn't shoot him until the tanks came? valerief Oct 2014 #23
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, Is how it is done. wundermaus Oct 2014 #27
Very humane cp Oct 2014 #29
The part where they beat the crap out of him and taze him until he turns blue is missing. pa28 Oct 2014 #30
pa28 Diclotican Oct 2014 #41
Notice how they're wearing normal eye glasses, not mirrored shades. SunSeeker Oct 2014 #39
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