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.
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.
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 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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Wow, far-right propaganda sites are going to have a field day with this one.
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.
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 southFuck off, fascist.
Get help, you are unwell. Even if you cant See it yourself.
Ahhh, white supremacism on Lemmy, how nice.
Saying the EU is (crypto) communist is threatening with a good time. And untrue
You’re delusional
The immigration isn’t the problem. The problem is this awful solution from the current government.
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.
Someone ban this fascist
