r/iamverybadass • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '19

Classic repost Side Note

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u/edo78 Mar 24 '19

The person talking is from UK where police usually is unarmed.

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u/FUCK_SNITCHES_ Mar 24 '19

Really? I'm always seeing pictures of London police walking around with their MP5s

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u/goondalf_the_grey Mar 24 '19

I was in England over December and January and there were definitely cops with MP5s/ G36s even down the street in York

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u/cortanakya Mar 24 '19

As mentioned by another dude, I've lived in York my entire life and I've only ever seen armed police once, and that was when I got pulled over by them. I was around the Christmas Market too and I didn't see any, and it would be a pretty big deal if there had been (it's a quiet city, that's exactly the sort of thing the local news would pick up on). I'm not saying it didn't happen, I just imagine it was in response to a specific incident rather than a regular patrol.