UN Peacekeepers

[CmdrShep2154]

What if UN peacekeepers were deployed to American cities to stop police brutality?

[Elegiac]

What if UN peacekeepers were deployed to American cities to stop police brutality?

Depends on which nationality said peacekeepers are.

You can't trust the Dutch, for instance, vis a vis Srebrenica.

[guisadop]

Police brutality in the US is way, way, waaay less brutal than in Latin America, for example. American police officers are almost like caring grandmas in comparison. There's no reason for UN peacekeepers to intervene.

[Kellhound]

Well, try that and you will see a civil war in the US within seconds.

[Elegiac]

Well, try that and you will see a civil war in the US within seconds.

Hopefully this time we can put the South down for good.

[Jimusmc]

blue hats coming on US soil? that would only start the rampage they'll get.

[Niroshi]

That wouldn't be a reasonable reaction to police brutality.

[Rumred]

UN peacekeepers for US police brutality? Which i might add is like tea with the queen for many nations say South of the US border in comparison. First off the US government would never allow it even if Obama wanted to congress would never approve and would fight it tooth and nail. Even if it got past that many states would order the National Guard up to block UN Peacekeepers out. There would be almost no public support for it i mean people are against the national guard coming in to stop riots now imagine its military from foreign nations?

[Independent voter]

The US is no place for peacekeepers.

[Polarthief]

The US is no place for peacekeepers.

Which is funny because here I thought police were intended to be keeping the peace (or "peacekeepers" for short). Though, y'know, seems like they do the complete opposite nowadays.

[Sunseeker]

What if UN peacekeepers were deployed to American cities to stop police brutality?

I suspect the locals would probably kill them in short order.

[DarkTZeratul]

So your solution to the fact that occasionally a small percentage of our police force uses excessive force is to deploy a foreign army to keep them in line?

Do you even have any concept of reasonable response?

[Jimusmc]

Which is funny because here I thought police were intended to be keeping the peace (or "peacekeepers" for short). Though, y'know, seems like they do the complete opposite nowadays.

when criminals do dumb shit yeah it tends to turn out bad for them.

[Kellhound]

Hopefully this time we can put the South down for good.

Unlikely, this time it would cause a massive shift to the right politically, massive damage to the US economy, and civilian casualties that would make Africa look like paradise.

[Daerio]

Police brutality in the US is way, way, waaay less brutal than in Latin America, for example. American police officers are almost like caring grandmas in comparison. There's no reason for UN peacekeepers to intervene.

I'm not so sure I agree.

Yes, latin american police are more openly corrupt, and WILL shake you down for money on the spot if they think you've got it. (like 5-10$ will usually get you off the hook)

I think you're much more likely to get beaten to a pulp without good reason by American police. (and statistically, probably more likely to get shot by one - but I'm not going to go into the research for that one)

All that factored in, I'm not sure that makes the American police force "like caring grandmas in comparison."

[PaladinBash]

Is it really THAT impossible for you cultists to just open your eyes and see that maybe, just maybe, criminals resisting arrest are not victims?

[Cosmic Janitor]

Police brutality in the US is way, way, waaay less brutal than in Latin America, for example. American police officers are almost like caring grandmas in comparison. There's no reason for UN peacekeepers to intervene.

While that is true and the police is at least not involved in mass-assassination for corrupt politicians and openly works together with crime syndicates, it's also not like one should ignore it because of the "elsewhere it's worse" fallacy.

Edit: There is no legitimate reason for UN peacekeepers though, but you still need to fix this issue.

[Jimusmc]

Is it really THAT impossible for you cultists to just open your eyes and see that maybe, just maybe, criminals resisting arrest are not victims?

the left won't realize this.

[Daerio]

Is it really THAT impossible for you cultists to just open your eyes and see that maybe, just maybe, criminals resisting arrest are not victims?

When you're being brutalized, how do you avoid resisting? Other than dying, which several of those unarmed criminals resisting arrest apparently chose to do instead.

[Stonecloak]

When you're being brutalized, how do you avoid resisting? Other than dying, which several of those unarmed criminals resisting arrest apparently chose to do instead.

It's bad cops. Not every cop is bad, and good cops get zero publicity, and yea a lot of times you see these brutality exploits it's not the whole story.