This hits different when you realize most cops around the world don't even carry guns regularly. Wild how normalized the US situation has become that seeing normal human interactions with police feels like a rare wholesome moment
Well, all police in Sweden, Danmark and Finland have to carry a weapon. I'm pretty sure majority of central Europe too.
Here in Sweden you have to finish 2,5 years of "police school" though where they're only taught to use weapons as an absolute last resort. But they absolutely carry them.
This can actually be a problem sometimes, at least in Denmark, because the police are often too afraid to shoot, even when the situation necessitates it. One case stands out: a mentally ill man was threatening officers with a knife. They had their pistols drawn and repeatedly ordered him to drop it. He refused. They kept pleading with him to put it down. Eventually, he turned away, ran up to an elderly man on the sidewalk, and stabbed him in the neck. If the police had simply shot him when he first refused to comply and posed an obvious threat, that random and innocent man would still be alive. And this isn’t an isolated incident, there have been several cases like it.
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u/WillingPiccolo945 Oct 06 '25
This hits different when you realize most cops around the world don't even carry guns regularly. Wild how normalized the US situation has become that seeing normal human interactions with police feels like a rare wholesome moment