Rubber bullets and bean bags are not referred to as "non-lethal" force here in most of our LEAs, we refer to that as "Less-Lethal" as it can cause a death or serious injury, but it's far less likely.
I would never-ever be a police officer over there that I'm supposed to uphold the law, and yet can't effectively do so, or hell, protect myself from serious injury or death. This is what happens when you neuter your police, and people know it.
The LA Riots were bad, and hard to contain, and I can't fathom how much worse things would have got if the police couldn't protect themselves let alone intervene even in the little they were able to.
It takes events like this to wake up a nation of people though, and they get to see what real life is all about, what can happen. The LA Riots, and the famous "assault rifle body armor bandits" bank robbery was our wake up call. Maybe this will do the same over there. There's a risk involved sure when you authorize your police to be better equipped, and accidents happen and need to be addressed. But times like this could be stopped sooner considering I see everyone saying these "chavs" or whatever are just a bunch of poor lower-class punks that know the police won't do shit, so why not rob people blind and destroy small business owners lives?
Just look at that pic with that old man that I assume owns that barber shop. He doesn't look like a greedy EU-equivalent "millionaire", and I'm sure he doesn't need this towards the end of his life.
Fuck, Sony just can't catch a break neither this gen lol, wow.
| Burn baby burn...
