I'm not sure if this belongs on this site. This is .. utterly political.
Reading that article leads me astray and I have to question the sanity of the persons involved, both on the acting side (police) and the justification side (spokesman, random "Yeah, criminals are dangerous and all" crap).
This is the prime example of a cultural clash, of an article that is relevant for the US of A only (I hope there's a debate over there and people that think this usage is okay are somehow considered sane, locally).
For a foreigner like me this is tragic. Every single example in that article was bullshit. Inexcusable and mind-blowingly stupid. I'm aware of the fact that I might be deluded and that the 'real world' - over there - looks different. But seriously, what do we have in common if this is acceptable and 'best practice'?
Reading that article leads me astray and I have to question the sanity of the persons involved, both on the acting side (police) and the justification side (spokesman, random "Yeah, criminals are dangerous and all" crap).
This is the prime example of a cultural clash, of an article that is relevant for the US of A only (I hope there's a debate over there and people that think this usage is okay are somehow considered sane, locally).
For a foreigner like me this is tragic. Every single example in that article was bullshit. Inexcusable and mind-blowingly stupid. I'm aware of the fact that I might be deluded and that the 'real world' - over there - looks different. But seriously, what do we have in common if this is acceptable and 'best practice'?