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21. Cops in the USA feel it is their duty to administer punishment.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 11:24 AM
Oct 2014

They need to be told, "Under no circumstances are you to administer punishment or justice."

I see this as the basic disconnect. Cops simply need to be educated.

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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