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>>dtagam+(OP)
There needs to be a psychology study done with cops to understand why they act the way they do. I believe there's an underlying problem in how they are trained or something else because police brutality is kind of a global phenomenon. When someone kills or severely hurts the people they are supposed to protect, it seems like there's something else going on. I've been in a few protests and I can easily say that I have never seen more hatred in someone's eyes other than the cops that were beating up people.

>>lorthe+mz
> because police brutality is kind of a global phenomenon

No it's not. Police in Europe is, on average, very kind. When they stop you, you don't have to be afraid of anything, and more often than not you stop them to ask for help, even if it's just to ask for directions.

>>deeper+lB
.. if you're of the "native" white ethnicity or a white tourist, yes. The London BLM protests aren't just copycats, there's a long history of poor race relations from the Met.

>>pjc50+FE
People aren't being killed left right and centre by the police in the UK of any ethnicity, their main gripes seem to be stuff like stop and search which already has dramatically declined over the last few years.

Maybe the met does have "poor race relations" historically but it isn't anything remotely close to the US police.