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.
All countries sacrificed freedom for security already. Privacy has a mandated backdoor.
Sure, in some cases. Buuut this is a very clear push in a direction that grants the police more power and independence, while restricting freedoms of citizens, especially non-white passing.
Sweden’s “leader”… so their president? The title makes it sound like it’s North Korea
Sweden is a monarchy, they have a king, not a president. But in this case it seems to be the prime minister
Considering dude wants to use the military for civilian purposes…
That too. I wonder what legal authority the military even has over civilians. Where I come from the military has absolutely no authority, except in times of war and when it comes to protecting the outer borders of the country.
Their authority is very limited but in very specific cases the police can request help for things like terrorism and maybe hostage situations.
This is basically about the government discussing if they should and could expand the authority of the police to request help.
Wow, far-right propaganda sites are going to have a field day with this one.
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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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.
Well, they later said that it wasn't legal for the military to help, but I don't remeber exaktly why
Due to this incident the military was heavily limited in how they could help the police
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ådalen_shootings
Later the laws changed again to allow the police to get some help from the military but only in very specific cases where the police were the one in control of the military (the police could order the military what to do, and not the opposite).
I think they can help with transports and such but I don't why that is needed.
If I remember correctly the government is trying to change the laws regarding this.
this is what communist immigration policies get you
What the fuck are you talking about? The communist nations of the world have notoriously tight immigration and emigration policies.
Loose immigration policy seems to mostly be a Western construct.
Yeah. Good question where that talking point came from lol.
It came from "everything I don't like is communism"
the eu is crypto communist
their agenda has been for many years to destroy european (white) society by flooding europe with non white, esp moslem from the southAhhh, white supremacism on Lemmy, how nice.
Get help, you are unwell. Even if you cant See it yourself.
Eh, he's probably just trolling, your point still stands though.
In case you still respond, can you define who "they" are? Any specific traits you'd point to?
You drank the koolaid
Better than flooding it with racist pieces of shit like you. Nobody likes your opinion or wants to hear it.
Fuck off, fascist.
Saying the EU is (crypto) communist is threatening with a good time. And untrue
Totally, but they are crypto mason communist satanist, for be precise
The immigration isn't the problem. The problem is this awful solution from the current government.
Saying that immigration is not part of the problem is laughable at this point. I'm also lefitist but jesus you can't let that many in without at least trying to integrate them.
Also I can't belive I'm defending the current government but they are not at fault for what's going on. These issues have been a thing for years. One of the main reason for this is that discussing immigration policies have been mostly taboo. I'm very happy for living in Norway. We've been having these discussions for years and we have been open to strict immigration policies. You just can't let whoever into your country.
Many other countries have liberal immigration policies and haven't experienced these problems. Something seems to have gone uniquely wrong in Sweden. Gang membership in Sweden is comprised overwhelmingly of people from a handful of countries: Syria, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania and Iraq. Most immigrants to Sweden come from India for example, and don't seem to cause problems. Nor do those from Poland or the UK.
It looks like a massive failure to vet individuals from a few nations … possibly out of a misplaced sensitivity to appearing racist.
Well, when you allow anybody regardless of papers or not seek asylum as refugee and then refusing to integrate them into understanding our laws, our culture, our language, and our society, bad things as outcome should be the expectes result. We got almost 1.3 million refugees in 10 years, in a country with 10 million inhabitants. Theyre clustered in parts without many native swedes, and many of them hate eachother due to the conflicts in their homeland. Many don't identify as swedes, they never even got a chance to integrate into our society and most don't even know for how much longer they're allowed to stay. (super ineffective agency, some people have lived here for 10 years before they got fully processed).
There's a reason why people here have started memeing about the names of people convicted of all these incredibly violent crimes, and it's because it's very rarely a nordic name. It's a sad truth that's grounded in unforgivably poor politics and immigration policies.
The far right party have grown from being a joke to being the 3rd biggest party because of it. The politics of past parties made the swedish far right into what it now is.
and maybe you want to look at France and its "no-go zones" filled and controlled by (MOSLEM) immigrants
or how about England, Denmark, Germany…same story
European nations get middle eastern oil and cheap labor for their companies
and this is the price
The "no go zones" were a farce. They never existed.
Lol what a perfectly smoothbrained response
if you try reading Anders Breivik's manifesto you might change your mind
but I suspect you are already committed to the ideology of Frankfort School of cultural marxism
Ah yeah he's known for being a well adjusted, reasonable man. Touch. Grass. I mean it.
(in case anyone doesn't know, Breivik - this guys personal hero - murdered 77 people in 2011. Mostly youths. The year is noteworthy bc it was before refugee "crisis" these shit for brains xenophobes claim is overrunning europe)
"cultural Marxism" is not a real thing. Your head has been filled with lies.
Nice whataboutism.
