It's insane how the average American completely disassociates all police brutality merely as the product of a few bad apple, while assuming all bad countries are policed by Combine Overwatch purely on vibes alone.
Like in Youtube there's a series of annoyingly popular "American cops vs Russian cops" videos that basically plays into the "d-word west, manly Russia" narrative. American cops are depicted with those PR videos of them acting with kids and going to pride parade while the Russians are all punching people and shit, with the implicit message that American cops are too nice unlike the hardcore Russians.
American cops are depicted with those PR videos of them acting with kids and going to pride parade while the Russians are all punching people and shit, with the implicit message that American cops are too nice unlike the hardcore
Which is sorta funny, Russian police tend to be somewhat alright on the day-to-day but are fucking ruthless when they do go off the handle. American police on the other hand tend to default to flying off the handle period
It's insane how the average American completely disassociates all police brutality merely as the product of a few bad apple, while assuming all bad countries are policed by Combine Overwatch purely on vibes alone.
Like in Youtube there's a series of annoyingly popular "American cops vs Russian cops" videos that basically plays into the "d-word west, manly Russia" narrative. American cops are depicted with those PR videos of them acting with kids and going to pride parade while the Russians are all punching people and shit, with the implicit message that American cops are too nice unlike the hardcore Russians.
Most propagandized people on the planet.
Which is sorta funny, Russian police tend to be somewhat alright on the day-to-day but are fucking ruthless when they do go off the handle. American police on the other hand tend to default to flying off the handle period