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> the UK police is about the softest there is in terms of crowd control. No guns, no gas... The UK police forces literally invented rubber bullets, and used th
by dmurray 3y ago
> the UK police is about the softest there is in terms of crowd control. No guns, no gas...
The UK police forces literally invented rubber bullets, and used them very liberally, and lethally, against protestors in Northern Ireland [0]. Just because they go easy on some climate march you were at in London doesn't mean they never take it further.
[0] https://rubberbullets.longlead.com/chapter/rubber-bullet-history-northern-ireland https://rubberbullets.longlead.com/chapter/rubber-bullet-his...
- prennert 3y agoOh, I had thought that the Northern Ireland conflict was mostly suppressed with the army. A quick skim through the article seems to attribute use of rubber bullets to military, too. But I have not read in detail, yet.
- dmurray 3y agoThis list [0] of 17 people killed with rubber or plastic bullets in NI gives 6 by police and 11 by the army. I'd assume it skews higher when looking at all shootings, not just fatal ones. [0] https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/violence/rubberplasticbullet.htm https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/violence/rubberplasticbulle...