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Canadian police are no different. Living under a dangerous illusion.

>>glitch+(OP)
I'd like to know why you think so. In my experience, at least in Vancouver, police tend to use violence and force as absolutely the last resort, and generally play a lot more of "social worker" type of role, especially when it comes to handling issues associated with drug addiction in the downtown east side.

But I could be very wrong so I'm interested in hearing other viewpoints. Or maybe you're thinking of different organizations that I'm less familiar with (perhaps the RCMP?)

>>jbay80+s1
>In my experience, at least in Vancouver, police tend to use violence and force as absolutely the last resort

Meanwhile on /r/all today... https://old.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/gvu8fz/cana...

>>jbay80+s1
There’s no contradiction between abusing you wrote and police being violence workers. Police cannot do their jobs without resort to the threat of violence and occasionally actual violence. The degree of restraint varies wildly between different forces but that does not. When traffic wardens, paramedics, social workers or firefighters need someone to do legal violence they don’t do it themselves, they call the police. They are one of the forces the state has delegated its monopoly on the legitimate use of force to, along with the military. They are not primarily in the business of violence, like the military, but they can’t do their jobs without the capacity to be violent either.

>>jbay80+s1
Perhaps you are unaware of the VPD's extensive use of attack dogs.

https://www.vancourier.com/opinion/number-of-vancouver-polic...

>>jbay80+s1
Oh? How quickly we forget.

The 2010 G20 summit in Toronto must have been a walk in the park. One can see the police hand in hand with protesters singing kumbaya. Noted that this event had police officers from all over the country participating. Many conveniently forgot to wear badges and nametags, some conveniently had masks on:

https://www.google.com/search?q=g20+toronto+police+brutality...

And Vancouver, lovely city! Until they lose the Stanley Cup of course:

https://www.google.com/search?q=vancouver+stanley+cup+riots&...