I use this Channel as News Source. Didn't want to venture through lots of articles about the Ferguson Incident where half of them are probably biased as fuck.
Interesting and funny at the same time though I check and research some of the stuff he talks about.
The most powerful Police Force here is the WEGA and the Cobra Force and they are wearing normal dark blue armor. WEGA is basically SWAT. They rarely get used and when they do its in every Newspaper for several days.
There was some insane Hunter in 2013 who shot a bunch of officers which prompted a response by the Cobra Force. Following this he also shot a Cobra Agent and 2 arriving paramedics and then hid in his hunting cabin. There were around 200 active officers a different version of a MRAP from WEGA and a fucking Military APC in action. Police Helicopters were also also used afaik.
The last time so many officers died was right after the second World War and probably also the last time so much force was used.
For anybody who is interested, the The Annaberg Shooting: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Annaberg_shooting[/url]
This video is quite true, however, one event comes to mind that kinda puts things into perspective:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout[/url]
Police of the day were severely outgunned not having access to more powerful rifles. And it's not like they dress up and go commando every day, they are responding to the threat of violence.
[QUOTE=Smoot;45739459]This video is quite true, however, one event comes to mind that kinda puts things into perspective:
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout[/URL]
Police of the day were severely outgunned not having access to more powerful rifles. And it's not like they dress up and go commando every day, they are responding to the threat of violence.[/QUOTE]
it's not that officers have access to better equipment to help them do their job, it's the way they misuse it and do not receive proper training (or do and disregard that training)
an officer's job isn't to blend in and hide to pop out, theirs presence should be known so you can easily spot them out when you need help
that picture oliver uses of the swat (if they even are swat) pointing their rifles at an unarmed man speaks volumes on what the problem is
[editline]19th August 2014[/editline]
also his point about the mentality of "us vs them" is spot on, everyone shouldn't be treated as a criminal when there are plenty of people who are actually responsibility exercising their rights
and an officer trying to instigate a fight instead of trying to avoid one? that man deserves to lose his job immediately and never be allowed to join a police force again
but something a lot of people forget is that one officer doesn't represent all officers, just like those rioters/looters don't represent everyone in ferguson
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