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  1. You can't identify the individual cops, because they have tiny little nametags tucked away somewhere out of sight. In the same colours as the rest of the uniform.

  2. The people who were going to investigate them for violent assault are... the Copenhagen police.

  3. The local police has a day-to-day working relationship with the local public prosecutor.

  4. The district court never convicts police officers. You can present it with a still-smoking gun with a cop's fingerprints on it, an intercepted radio call of him bragging about shooting someone and a goddamn signed conviction, and there'd still be a better than even chance that the court would chuck it out. And the public prosecutor won't appeal, no matter how good the case is (see point 3).

  5. "Judicial review" is a small town in rural Siberia, as far as the Danish legal system is concerned.

We've had police officers walk away from involuntary manslaughter with not even an investigation to show for it, until the victim's family filed a civil suit. This is peanuts.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Aug 13th, 2009 at 05:25:07 PM EST
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Just like in the USA.  I am so proud.  How about some photos over the next few days showing the injuries done to the non-violent protesters.  Were they particularly trying to break noses?  It seemed so.  In about 3-4 days there should be some ugly bruises all over some of the victims.  Prints of color pictures might end up glued around public spaces frequented by the more well-to-do.  These vandals may be sufficiently organized as to prevent their own identification and arrest.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Aug 13th, 2009 at 08:56:08 PM EST
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Yeah. And with sufficient wingspan, pigs can fly. I remember Benjamin.

And more to the point, I remember precisely how long it took the Danish press to suppress the pictures from Abu Ghraib.

This is not going to go away until people in uniform start going to prison. Alongside the minister of miscarriage of justice, the prime minister and the minister of deportations.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 02:21:30 AM EST
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And the prospects for that?  At least they are IN power, as opposed to waiting in the wings.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 08:55:42 AM EST
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And the prospects for that?

About as good as the chance that subprime option-ARMs are worth their book value.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue Aug 18th, 2009 at 11:12:14 AM EST
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