I’d like to just point out that this alone is a huge difference. Police in Europe generally do not carry firearms. It’s even unusual to see them with weapons at an airport.
I could be subject to police brutality from a random traffic stop technically, but I wouldn’t have any chance of a gun being pulled on me.
Not in Europe generally. It is true for the UK, but not so much anywhere else. But even in European countries with armed police deescalation is still the pereferred method and they only rarely draw their guns or fire them, especially compared to the US where the police have been trained with overly aggressive lethal violence responses.
I’d like to just point out that this alone is a huge difference. Police in Europe generally do not carry firearms. It’s even unusual to see them with weapons at an airport.
I could be subject to police brutality from a random traffic stop technically, but I wouldn’t have any chance of a gun being pulled on me.
Not in Europe generally. It is true for the UK, but not so much anywhere else. But even in European countries with armed police deescalation is still the pereferred method and they only rarely draw their guns or fire them, especially compared to the US where the police have been trained with overly aggressive lethal violence responses.