Icelandic Police kill someone for the first time.
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#2> Counselling is being provided to the special forces team.
I bet American special forces would need counselling if they were away from combat for too long.
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#3> Counselling is being provided to the special forces team. I bet American special forces would need counselling if they were away from combat for too long.
And how often does this happen:
"Police regret this incident and would like to extend their condolences to the family of the man," Icelandic police chief Haraldur Johannessen told reporters.
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#4> Counselling is being provided to the special forces team. I bet American special forces would need counselling if they were away from combat for too long.
This strikes me as needlessly snarky and cynical.
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#5> Counselling is being provided to the special forces team. I bet American special forces would need counselling if they were away from combat for too long.
And how often does this happen: "Police regret this incident and would like to extend their condolences to the family of the man," Icelandic police chief Haraldur Johannessen told reporters.
All the time? We've just become too cynical to believe it, or pay it much mind.
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#6I could already imagine a joke about American cops sounding something like:
- Friend: "Have you heard the news about the Iceland police killing a man for the first time?"
- American cop, confused: "What do you mean? The first one today?"
It also reminds me of this story:
http://www.thewire.com/global/2012/05/german-police-used-onl...
German police shot 85 bullets against people in the whole year, while American cops shot that many in a single person. The rapid rise of militarized SWAT teams that attack people in their homes even for minor offenses is also very scary.
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/07/%E2%80%9Cwhy_did_you_shoot_m...
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/10/militarized_police_overreach...
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
And how often does this happen: "Police regret this incident and would like to extend their condolences to the family of the man," Icelandic police chief Haraldur Johannessen told reporters.
All the time? We've just become too cynical to believe it, or pay it much mind.
Not really. In Iceland they understand the man is crazy, the culture examines the underpinnings of crime, their prisons are for rehabilitation. In America, we practice punishment and retribution, he is a terrorist; a menace; the threat must be stopped.
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#8I wonder if crime really is as rare at this BBC article suggests: Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22288564)
Would any negatives of living in Iceland (every country has negative points) be outweighed by this seemingly very safe environment?
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#9"first time someone has been killed in an armed police operation"
emphasis mine. As much as Iceland seems like a lovely place, I'm sure officers there have killed people in the line of duty before and it's more just the "armed police operation" that represents the difference.
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#10I could already imagine a joke about American cops sounding something like: - Friend: "Have you heard the news about the Iceland police killing a man for the first time?" - American cop, confused: "What do you mean? The first one today?" It also reminds me of this story: http://www.thewire.com/global/2012/05/german-police-used-onl... German police shot 85 bullets against people in the whole year , while American cops…
A few weeks ago I was reading in a local paper (Berliner Morgenpost, I think) about how the police in Berlin had shot an armed person in the leg, thereby succeeding in arresting him without any further injury.
Made me quite happy, because I was reminded of all the Americans who vehemently insist that shoot to kill is the only option ever, even if the person only has a knife.