[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Try this in Germany, and some police authorities heads would roll. I cant understand all what he said, but what later follwed was an ammount of physcial force that in no way is justified by the "immense threat" posed by the young man.

In other words, I see the police not performing correctly here, at least to our standards, and if "law and order" means that a citizen posing no threat and in the main: is talking and raising a book, is expected to obey police commands without questioning, without hesitating, without indicating that he is wondering why, then this leaves a very foul taste in the mouth. Blind and totally submissive obedience has a very bad reputation here, and throughout Europe.

I mean, what the hell has the young man done? And is civil society under army regime since lately? In Singapore, I think it was there, you can be arrested for spitting in public. I see that as excessive, too, but not as excessive as what I see in this video.

And the tazing in the end is totally unacceptable, and excessive using of force. I would expect to see such an abuse of violence in a fascist police state - not in the nation that loves to describe itself as the cradle of civil rights, democracy and as the defender of liberty.

Totally unacceptable. Over here, laws and police regulations allowing such actions would be considered as illegal and policemen following such rules wouldn't stay in service very long, and probably would be sued for physical injury (which covers the inflicting of pain).

I overall disagree with you.

I must admit, you sound consistantly fashionable in today's Germany.