waterloo blue said:
Each to their own, mate.
Back to the cops with guns issue, all cops over here carry guns and you know not to fuck with them, as they will fuck you up. Hence, we have very few times when cops do have to shoot.
you're right about the Victorian police force,shoot first and ask questions later policy,15 year old skateboarders armed with a bread knife for example.
Meanwhile here in New South Wales,21 year Brazilian student tazered to death for pinching a packet of biscuits, bloke harming himself with a knife shot,and NSW police tried to cover it up by claiming she meant to get her tazer.
Too many small stature police officers reaching for weapons first,the amount of women and south east aisan people in police uniform is not anywhere near the percentage of the population.[/quote]
The Brazilian was tazered for resisting arrest, not for pinching biscuits.
The 15 year old lad that was shot, had two knives and had threatened staff at a near by store. The police pepper sprayed him twice and fired a warning shot before he tried to attack a police officer cornered in a stairwell. I know he was only 15, but what else were they to do, the kid was crazy and dangerous.
Those south east asian people will be Australians, mate. Unless we have started to bring them over on temporary work visa's.