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> Spanish paramilitary, Guardia Civil is really a police force like the french Gendarmerie, seen it described as paramilitary is a bit odd, tbh.
by iagovar 7y ago
> Spanish paramilitary,
Guardia Civil is really a police force like the french Gendarmerie, seen it described as paramilitary is a bit odd, tbh.
- AsyncAwait 7y agoIs this the same force active when people attempted to vote at polling stations?
- cosarara 7y agoYes, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Catalan_independence_referendum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Catalan_independence_re...
- iagovar 7y agoAll forces were active during that time. National Police, Guardia Civil and Mossos D'Esquadra (Catalan police). Probably Guardia Urbana (Local Police) too, but I'm not sure.
- snvzz 7y agoYes. They weren't the only force active, but they were the one that made the news for outrageous misuse of violence.
- Leherenn 7y agoWell I don't know about Guardia Civil, but Gendarmerie is a branch of the army and distinctly not of the police.