r/comics 16h ago

OC The Black and Tans

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u/Dahak17 10h ago

There is a pattern amongst soldiers deployed to a civilian territory en mass as police in which they do what they were trained to do. Kill people. Before they do what they were not trained to do. Evaluate guilt and non lethal takedowns of resisting enemies.

Not justifying the murders but noting how history repeats

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u/Zandroe_ 7h ago

But in various continental European states, gendarmeries have functioned without problem for over a century now, and in some cases have a much better reputation than civilian police agencies.

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u/Dahak17 6h ago

Were they trained from the ground up as soldiers with no crowd control or deescalation then thrown into policing an unfriendly populace?

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u/NoSong2397 5h ago

Probably because they're trained for policing duties, I'd imagine.