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This was in 2008. Yeah I'm totally ignorant on the type of guns so they probably were just standard service rifles. I frequently saw them traveling in groups of
by thieving_magpie 9y ago
This was in 2008. Yeah I'm totally ignorant on the type of guns so they probably were just standard service rifles. I frequently saw them traveling in groups of three and having dogs sniff me while I rode the train. Again, it was just a bit of a culture shock I'm not saying anything negative about it.
Your comparison of US Policemen and French soldiers isn't fair. I've known a couple people from France of Algerian descent, you can imagine their opinion of French police isn't too dissimilar of yours about US police.
- seszett 9y ago> you can imagine their opinion of French police isn't too dissimilar of yours about US police. I was talking about the soldiers though, and how they are actually harmless to civilians. Police is of course a different matter, even though they still are far less lethal than in the US. As far as I know, in the US soldiers don't patrol the streets and their role is taken by the police force however, so that's why I compared them. My wife is not from Europe and I live in the "Arab district" of my city, so I have a reasonably good understanding of how our police force works.
- thieving_magpie 9y agoI understand. I'm simply saying that it's a poor comparison due to the differences in the relationship between Local police and federal (agencies/soldiers,etc) and in France with police/Gendarmerie/etc.