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Thursday, August 11th, 2016

London cops stop violent attack on officers without using guns: ‘Imagine if this happened in America’

Author:     Travis Gettys Travis Gettys
Source:     The Raw Story
Publication Date:     09 Aug 2016 at 09:13 ET
Link: London cops stop violent attack on officers without using guns: ‘Imagine if this happened in America’
Stephan:   Here is a story from London revealing the dirty little secret American law enforcement doesn't want you to know.  No other other developed country has the kind of police violence that is routine in the U.S.. Instead they have variations of this. Just under a thousand people a year are shot and killed by police in the U.S., based on the last several years' numbers. In London most police on the street are not armed. In polls 82% do not want to be armed.
Police in London control street violence with using guns.

Police in London control street violence with using guns.

A video showing British police officers brawling with a group of unruly men shows how violent attacks can be stopped without gunfire or even serious injury.

The video shows officers arguing with a group of increasingly aggressive men during a traffic stop in London, reported the Independent.

The men surround the officers as they try to remove two friends from police custody, and then a fight breaks out.

One officer is pulled to the ground during the fracas, and police use chemical irritant spray to subdue the men until backup arrives.

Online commenters at Reddit noticed how the officers were able to take the assailants into custody without shooting or seriously harming anyone.

“Imagine how differently this would have been if this happened in America,” said one Reddit user.

Another commenter pointed out that police even warned the men they would use chemical irritant despite the lengthy scuffle.

“Top of Form British police officers making American police officers look […]

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1 Comment

  1. Mark Ruocco on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 3:37 am

    Delighted that some police choose not resort to lethal force reflexively. However, this does not change the fact that government by definition is “force”. Government and their enforcers operate using “force” or “threat of force”. The tools may differ but government is violence no matter which color paint you put on it.