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Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees

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heisgone · 1790176572 · focus · HN ↗
For context, police gained support for this bylaw following this video. The guy posted the video of himself of calling an office a whore on socia media. The fact the officer was so polite and couldn't do anything about it made people furious. Of course, there is real risk of abuse of this law but that's the context.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9YMLpiDPWs" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9YMLpiDPWs
1. psychoslave · 1790178228 · focus · HN ↗
  That’s sad that there are people ready to throw their low level of self control and rhetorical ability. The officer should be formed and continuously supported (ie. dedicated professional psychological access) to face that kind of reactions.
  That’s even sadder that people can’t refrain from supporting such a juridical decision with huge possible side effects in terms of abusive application.
  In both cases, that’s some kind of impulsive reactions lacking proper rational counterparts to balance the performed actions. And the second one feels far more problematic at societal level, without dismissing in any way the due empathy for the officer.

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