Comment by pnako
5 years ago
He mentioned shooting at looters, not protesters.
Maybe you didn't see that part because Twitter has hidden the tweet?
5 years ago
He mentioned shooting at looters, not protesters.
Maybe you didn't see that part because Twitter has hidden the tweet?
You're right, I mixed the two. In any case I think my point still stands; in most European countries both would be addressed with police batons and in case of violence rubber bullets and tear gas. From his tweet I don't think he was thinking about rubber bullets.
No it wouldn't. Most cases of looting in Europe are just forgotten about because it's done by minorities in countries like France or UK and it's a controversial topic to talk about so police and governments would rather just pretend it doesn't happen.
Mobs in Europe are usually not armed with guns, mobs in USA are.
Shooting at looters instead of arresting them and taking them before a judge?
That's reminiscent of the very brutal police practices that sparked this chaos in the first place.
In which country do you live?
Shooting rubber bullets at rioters and looters is standard practice pretty much everywhere in democracies, and in non-democracies they tend to go straight to lethal ammo.