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A point that often gets lost in the discussion is that the United States, having no gendarmarie [1], has a police force that is less militarized than many Europ
by chroem- 6y ago
A point that often gets lost in the discussion is that the United States, having no gendarmarie [1], has a police force that is less militarized than many European nations. Gendarmaries are literally a branch of the armed forces for the sole purpose of internal policing.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendarmarie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendarmarie
- samatman 6y agoIs Gendarmarie French for National Guard or something?
- chroem- 6y agoNo, it's a different concept. The gendarmarie is specifically internal military police. The Gendarmerie Nationale [1] and Garde Nationale [2] are separate entities. There is some minor overlap, but they have fundamentally different mission statements. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gendarmerie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gendarmerie [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(France) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(France) This pattern is mirrored across other European nations as well, and is not exclusive to France.
- anigbrowl 6y agoThis is true in a de jure sense, but nonsensical in a de facto sense. Simply comparing video footage of riots in france vs the US shows the US police police to be considerably more heavily equipped and aggressively inclined.
- refurb 6y agoWhat? Have you watched any of the riot video from France?[1] Lots of tear gas and at the end, the police corral the crowd under a bridge and then hit them with batons when they start to leave. Seem at a minimum as rough as US police if not more. [1]
- anigbrowl 6y agoI would hardly have mentioned video footage and urged people to draw comparisons using it if I hadn't watched any. Miss me with the theatrics, please.