It’s surprising that these acts have shown up on the news roll. I recall that 10-15 years ago we would have more recorded instances of police brutality in Spain, usually involving local police. Edit: also the shameful acts of the national police when the rodea el congreso demonstration took place.
I don’t think the amount of acts like this has been declining, but rather a byproduct of the disgraceful ley mordaza, which the current government pledged to remove and never got around to.
In other words, it’s surprising that this video has managed to make its way up to the news roll, but ultimately nothing new under the sun.
Well the thing is, this isn’t just a thing in Spain, or just a thing in Germany, or just a thing in France, or just a thin in Italy, or Croatio, or Hungary, or Austria, the Netherlands, or Belgium or Poland…
It is a specifically european problem in the context of the EU, as opposed to just a problem in a single member state.
That doesn’t deny that it is also a problem on other continents.
I would say police brutality does not really knows border, a truly international habit. And actually Europe, at least some places are rather less into it than it’s the case around the world.
“But what about the Americans” is literally the weakest argument in this context.
Police violence against minorities is happening right now in our cities. It’s not just an American problem, despite what you might think if your watch the news.
“This happens in all of Europe, not just Spain” would have been better, if that’s what you meant to say.
Your transparent and instrumental deliberate misinterpretation of my words is your concern, not mine.
I’m not a mind reader. I replied to the most likely intended meaning based on the words used. If you wanted to say something else, you should have used other words.
Listen. I’m going to explain it to you like you are five.
“This is America” is a phrase often used to lament police misconduct in the US. By adapting it I explicitly referenced US police misconduct, thereby saying “we have this problem too”. Only if you are ignorant or in bad faith could you interpret this explicit reference to the African American struggle against police violence as “this happens only in Europe”.
If there are mistaken assumptions they are yours and yours alone.
That’s a hell of a lot to expect people to infer from 3 words, especially when the phase you’re adapting IS specifically about it being especially bad in America compared to everywhere else, which it is.
You expressed yourself in an unclear manner and expected me and everyone to jump to a conclusion that doesn’t logically follow from what you said.
Then you started attacking my intelligence and accusing me of arguing in bad faith due to my completely reasonable original interpretation of your vague statement.
I’m not the one being arrogant, uncharitable and sanctimonious here, you are. Please just give it a rest already.
There’s no logic here. It’s a reference. You didn’t get it. That’s ok.
But it’s not my fault you didn’t get it. You just didn’t. Can you accept that you missed a reference? Can you accept that you were working off incomplete implication and reached the wrong conclusion?
No you didn’t. You harangued me for not saying things in a way that would allow you, personally, to understand me immediately. In our entire conversation you never pointed out anything even slightly resembling a misconception that you did not fabricate out of whole cloth by employing a silly bad faith interpretation of my arguments.
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