I had plenty of experience with American police in LA, not because I was a bakery worker by day and druglord by night, but because we lived next to what was referred to as "the crack motel", a place frequently visited by the police.
In the beginning, it surprised me how often the police would pull their guns (not to mention tazing people for practically nothing), but I got used to seeing interviews where the police would say that they "had to shoot the suspect and unfortunately he died" and it always reminds me of an interview I saw with a Swedish police officer.
The situation was this:
A man had threatened several people in a public square and this officer was trying to talk to him, telling him to put down the baseball bat he was holding.
Reporter - So, I understand this was the first time you felt forced to fire your gun
Police - Well, the man was moving toward a group of children and he just would not listen to what I was saying, so in the end...*sigh*...I shot him in the toe.
Reporter - And then what did he do?
Police - He fell to the ground and started to cry.
No street cred there!
But before you think that the Swedish police couldn't hang in the US, check this out
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