Macron was voted in to prevent a fascist from being in power but he just makes a police state

  • vertexarray [any]
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    4 years ago

    "I need a submachine gun and body armor to subdue these dangerous armed partiers"

    Unless Reuters just chose a misleading photo from somewhere else

    • MagisterSinister [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I was in Paris on New Year's Eve about ... 15 or so years ago and equipment like that was normal for the cops even back then. They're about as militarized as in the US, and seem to be comparably racist as well. Probably the worst cops in Western Europe.

    • Metalorg [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      The writing is from the BBC but the photo is from Reuters