Sweden's leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates
Sweden's leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates
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Sweden's leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates
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Wow, far-right propaganda sites are going to have a field day with this one.
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Sweden’s “leader”… so their president? The title makes it sound like it’s North Korea
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Sweden is a monarchy, they have a king, not a president. But in this case it seems to be the prime minister
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister on Thursday said that he’s summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the country with almost daily shootings and bombings.
Getting the military involved in crime-fighting would be a highly unusual step for Sweden, underscoring the severity of the gang violence that has claimed a dozen lives across the country this month, including teenagers and innocent bystanders.
It wasn’t immediately clear in what capacity the military would get involved, but previous proposals have focused on soldiers taking over protection duties from police to free up more resources for crime-fighting.
Three people were killed overnight in separate attacks with suspected links to criminal gangs, which often recruit teenagers in socially disadvantaged immigrant neighborhoods to carry out hits.
Sweden long stood out in Europe along with Germany for having liberal immigration policies and welcoming hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers from the Middle East and Africa.
Kristersson said that he met with New York Mayor Eric Adams last week to learn from the city’s efforts to fight crime, including surveillance methods and weapon detection systems.
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Well, they later said that it wasn't legal for the military to help, but I don't remeber exaktly why
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Knowing someone who lived only a few hundred meters away from the recent bomb, I'm starting to think that it might be the right choice. It's getting too close for comfort.
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Instead of fixing the root causes of gang violence, Sweden is about to turn itself into a militarized surveillance state.
Wonderful.
The protection cited in the article is for buildings. Alright? No one is becoming a militarized surveillance state over buildings being protected by the military.
This is a prime minister wanting to look strong in tough times, not a country becoming a surveillance state.
Far right populists at work.
Trading freedom for security already.
Ah yes, it's far right populists that caused this and not the gangs who killed two people in shootings and another in an explosion in Stockholm just two days ago... lmao
And yeah, these are unintegrated migrants imported from 2015 onwards, who failed to integrate and now run massively violent, warring gangs that are currently responsible for an unprecedented amount of violent deaths in Sweden's largest cities. Putting our heads in the sand regarding real issues for fear of being racist is what got us here in the first place.
Look at the data, and act, just as Sweden's LEFT-WING government is CURRENTLY doing because the situation has now become untenable.
All countries sacrificed freedom for security already. Privacy has a mandated backdoor.