malonish wrote:SoCal_Pony wrote: Shanghai taxi drivers, many of whom exhibit 'Sterling Brown' aggressiveness.
It's a real spectacle. Taxi driver wagging finger 1 inch from policeman's face, screaming at him but not touching him.
Your really really really need to watch the video after equating Sterling to your Taxi driver.
For your own good. Your judgement is tarnished with that comparison.
Malonish, I’m contrasting American police forces to Shanghai’s.
In China, at least in Shanghai, I have personally witnessed several times and have been told many more times that you can be verbally aggressive with Shanghai police without fear of getting your head smashed in, something you absolutely can’t do in virtually any American city. Period.
I assumed Sterling was not completely ‘cooperative’ based on comments, but regardless, my assertion stands. The police in Shanghai don’t carry guns*, are referred to as ‘empty hands’, are far less aggressive and therefore much more approachable and helpful to average law-abiding citizens.
In my 3 years of living in Shanghai, I asked police for assistance many more times than I have ever asked American police for assistance in my 50 years of living here. Why????, because I try to avoid interactions with all police in America.