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The US has a tendency to export its bad ideas along with its good ones, so readers elsewhere might still have reason to be concerned about what happens there. T
by mbrubeck 12y ago
The US has a tendency to export its bad ideas along with its good ones, so readers elsewhere might still have reason to be concerned about what happens there. These weapons are already used by some police in other places, like in Canada where a protesting student was seriously injured [1]. French police used flash bangs in the recent hostage situation in a grocery store [2].
[1]: http://rabble.ca/news/2012/03/police-violence-rise-montreal http://rabble.ca/news/2012/03/police-violence-rise-montreal
[2]: http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jan/09/charlie-hebdo-manhunt-kouachi-terrorist-links-live-updates#block-54b06196e4b0c53195a4be98 http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jan/09/charlie-he...
- cryptnotic 12y agoUsing them in a raid against a terrorist who had taken hostages is completely reasonable. Throwing them into a crowd of people is not. Like any dangerous tool, if you use it carelessly bad things will happen.
- mbrubeck 12y agoFrench police also killed a protester with a concussion grenade last year: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29820623 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29820623
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