At least in Poland the protest to defend the tiny vestige of their abortion rights was successful, wasn't it?
And I read that the police wishing demonstrators success might have been some descalation training gone awry. However, considering the reports of police also displaying extreme right-wing publications in the windows of their squad cars as sign of support at these demonstrations, it seems police support is widespread and not just isolated cases. So the more likely anbd depressing explanation really is that that ideology has become so unremarkable among police that it doesn't even occur to officers anymore that showing sympathies could result in disciplinary sanction because it breaks the rule that they must be politically neutral while on duty. I mean, not that police with right wing sympathies are a new phenomenon, but at least they used to hide their Neonazi paraphernalia not display it...
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Date: 2016-10-12 10:30 am (UTC)And I read that the police wishing demonstrators success might have been some descalation training gone awry. However, considering the reports of police also displaying extreme right-wing publications in the windows of their squad cars as sign of support at these demonstrations, it seems police support is widespread and not just isolated cases. So the more likely anbd depressing explanation really is that that ideology has become so unremarkable among police that it doesn't even occur to officers anymore that showing sympathies could result in disciplinary sanction because it breaks the rule that they must be politically neutral while on duty. I mean, not that police with right wing sympathies are a new phenomenon, but at least they used to hide their Neonazi paraphernalia not display it...