Fucking pigs

looked like an unorganized charge though. Germany has (unfortunately) laws against demonstrating when police said its go home time. So they just pick individuals and book them for the night. With a few (unlawful) bonks on the head.

I mean, they are French police.

Surrender is in their nature. Hell, some of their helmets are white

critically unfunny

edit oh right american boomer got it

I’ll take the downvotes. This would have killed in ~|1996~~ the late second millenium

“We’ve done nothing and we’re all out of ideas!”

Perhaps, but only out of ignorance. Not because the French have ever been cowards.

I do not doubt the French people, only the French police who are clearly running away in this situation.

ACAB

In your defense, my (french) mother made pretty much exactly the same joke when she saw this clip on bluesky - something about going back to their paddock like the stereotypical vichy pigs they are.

Username checks out.

See, that’s why US cops just shoot protesters instead.

There’s the difference, like our maga red hats are a loud insane minority. Otherwise, we literally wouldn’t exist as a nation without the French providing gold and ships just to give England a “fuck you,” and they have been winning wars since before America was a country.

I thought it was so they could get some time off with pay before transferring to a new station.

vichy pigs

Your mom sounds cool

Guns, airpower, and artillery upended many of the classic rules of warfare that were practiced and honed for thousands of years before these technologies arrived. But protest and riot return us to the close quarter melee warfare that defined millenia, and for which there are writings from authoritative experts like Sun Tzu, Alexander, Xenephon, Vegetius, their writings on military strategy including use of archers, cavalry, terrain, complex movement, supply logistics, and tactical intelligence. Modern riots are fascinating in how they echo these historical principles so closely.

Yeah, because cops may be stupid, but they can still count.

That too! It’s a two-for-one deal

Obviously the French police have never met a French protester before.

In the US, half of those protesters would be dead already

Well, French cops can count.

Because they didn't hurt anyone and showed restraint?...

It is so weird to see anyone from the US try to claim that the French didn't have the guts to fight fascism.

french pigs, i think a stale baguette would suffice in scaring them off.

Yeah... Moments later they'll start throwing teargass cannisters and bring the water canon. That'll cause people to begin dispersing, and when they do, those riot police will charge again and then they'll certainly not retreat.

The local hospital will have a very busy evening.

What do you expect from a language that defines 99 as 4x20+10+9

The second amendment is for shooting cops (America only).

No, because they are class traitors

That's a lot of candy ass talk considering what's going in in the US news currently

In France (and in the civilized world at large) there are levels of escalation in policing, here is a great example. The US however as I understand it has two levels: eating donut ---> opening fire. For some reason the US is slightly dysfunctional, apparently.

HAHAHAHA eat shit losers

Yeah... I guess. But at least they don't shoot people for walking wrong

Same laws in France.

Honestly think the French hate was/is a psychops.

If you was rich and in power and wanted to maintain control would you really want your people to like the country that is known for killing the rich and powerful?

how many luftballons go by?

Don't taze me bro.

It's not the number that's important, it's that they went through Belgium.

Hey they only do that to brown people in the US

This is an element I appreciated of the WatchDogs games. If you escalate methods slowly, the fascist security forces do the same. So if you use baton strikes, they act the same way, and aim for an arrest that won’t kill off your unnamed character. It’s mostly a way to prefer stealth, since that stays nonlethal and silent. But in an emergency if you start shooting, they shoot back.

There’s also some bits of karma to pre-escalation on their side; 3 guards guarding an entryway is tricky to get through. 3 guards backed up by a giant machine gun turret is actually easier since it’s just a button press.

You can try resisting and de-arresting if the crowd is involved, but in my experience demonstration crowds in Germany are just passive, and a few cops can do that comfortably because the rest of the thousands of assistants just stand there and watch.

Germans are just pussies.

I'm super jelly of France where they start burning the whole country when their gouvernment tries to increase the retirment age from 64 to 65 in Germany it's been 67 for decades without major protests from the population.

TIL: Im not eligible to be a French cop, because Math.

She was a bit... unclear on the whole concept of children, really. I think I'm the only kid to have been dropped off for their first day of school with the number for Amnesty International written on their arm. But I can say with certainty that among her many eccentricities, "even the slightest tolerance for fascists" has and will never be included.

The “Napoleon is angry because he’s so short” smear campaign from the English is still working to this day, why not use a move already proven to be effective?

surprisingly enough, police don’t shoot at armed protestors in the us. but for some reason protesting groups make being unarmed a requirement, and if you show up armed, they other you and work with police to get you removed