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> Neighbourhood watches using WhatsApp has nothing to do with a lack of police force, True, Germany has about the same amount of police force per capita. It's
by dep_b 10y ago
> Neighbourhood watches using WhatsApp has nothing to do with a lack of police force,
True, Germany has about the same amount of police force per capita. It's just spent better.
> it's simply an "add-on" so neighbours can report suspicious behaviour to others.
Why this worries me:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin
> None of this proves that The Netherlands is the a "dangerous" country
It's also never implied by me.
> where citizens take matters into their own hands
They just need to police themselves a bit where the government fails, right?
- ryanlol 10y ago>Why this worries me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin What's worrying about that? The neighbourhood watchman was violently attacked and successfully defended himself. That particular incident seems to demonstrate that the neighbourhood watch existed for a reason.
- sqeaky 10y agoThat case is extremely cloudy. There is no way to know what actually happened. But witnesses range from unreasonably in favor of the shooter: "Trayvon was reaching for a gun after be loud and beligerent and was shot in clear self defense", all the way to unreasonably in favor of the shot: "Trayvon was shot in cold blood and broad daylight by a bigot and a the shooter was let free because of institutional racism". To claim you know what happened is extremely showing of your lack of understanding of the situation or of your implicit bias.