this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2024
1324 points (97.8% liked)
World News
37442 readers
357 users here now
News from around the world!
Rules:
-
Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
-
No NSFW content
-
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The embassy security secures the embassy. Whodathunk
Real footage of security cops hard at work:
I see one seeming to be getting medical equipment while one secures the scene. seems very professional.
Did you want to find another screenshot?
I'm not being pro cop here, I'm being anti assuming cops will be helpful buddies when you do things near an embassy. in an era of mass shooters and all sorts of public violence it's no surprise that agents of the state be state agents
Someone had to yell "fire extinguisher not guns!" for them to even consider doing anything other than raise guns at a burning man.
That is the point I make. Never trust cops. They will rarely ever be helpful.
And as I've argued/miscommunicated with folks a few times here: they aren't expected to be so. They aren't there to help. They are there to secure the embassy
Secures the embassy from a man caught on fire (very capable!) and is outside its fence. Could you imagine what would've happened if they weren't there? Yeah, still no threat to the embassy :)
You know that now due to hindsight
It was pretty apparent he was outside the fence and on fire
That area is crawling with cop types. You are subject to security all over. Same as a lot of government type sites.