Instead of fixing the root causes of gang violence, Sweden is about to turn itself into a militarized surveillance state.
Wonderful.
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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.
The current minority govt. is center right conservatives at best my guy. And they cut s deal with SD. So uh what are u talking about?
I'm Swedish centre-right, and the last US political poll I did put me further to the left of Bernie Sanders as he was to Trump.
tl;dr: it's relative. shock.
Correct, the US parties have no bearing on the discussion whatsoever, why did you bring it up?
Sweden is following the path that France led.
Hope this country can find a solution other than burying the head in the sand (spoiler: France already demonstrated that it doesn't work)
Why is it always lemmy.world with all the stupid takes?
There is no migrant violence in Ba Sing Se
But...but...my cabbages!
Are you one if those people who say poor people are inherently more violent? Or do you understand systemic issues causing skewed statistics?
Also funny to see racists pushing the timeline around as they see fit.
The system of integration for migrants failed in Sweden (as it was hardly even existent in the first place). That's the systemic cause.
The acute symptom of this currently is gang violence. That said, the symptom is like a cancer that runs itself, the criminal systems underpinning gang violence are now established and you won't get rid of them by being nice anymore.
So you have to fight both the symptoms and the causes... Which Sweden is beginning to do. Reinstating and hardening penalties for organized and violent crime to get rid of the acute symptoms, as well as stopping the inflow of non-European migrants to stop the cause.
The Swedish government didn't say they'll never take non-European migrants again, but it's clear the whole system needs a huge overhaul.
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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.
Wow, far-right propaganda sites are going to have a field day with this one.
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.
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
Due to this incident the military was heavily limited in how they could help the police
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85dalen_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.
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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