Police carry out extensive raids
TVA reports that squads of police carried out raids Friday night, looking for illegal weapons. There are a couple of troubling things in this piece.
One is that there’s little account of how and whether people were physically searched for weapons.
Another is this: “Les policiers ont reconnu un individu lourdement criminalisé, qui est devenu agressif quand les policiers lui ont demandé de présenter son passeport vaccinal.”
Is the vaccination passport going to become a sort of general ID card? I am all for proving one’s vaccination status for legitimate reasons, but to see it become, so quickly, a form of general identification, that’s not so good. The cops were there – it’s evident from the wording of this piece – mostly to show shady people they’re being watched. They were not brought in to verify vaccination statuses.
steph 17:11 on 2021-10-02 Permalink
Using the vaccine passport as a means to force people to identify themselves (The VaxiCode Verif app gives your full name) is crooked. I expect pushback on this abuse. OMG cops abusing their powers – who’s surprised.. ACAB. Even if I’m not a criminal, I’d just leave the bar.
Tux 08:58 on 2021-10-04 Permalink
What with Sarah Everard’s case being so fresh, the cops should really not be so quick to start doing covid-related pretexting. If some cop walked up to me and asked for my vaccination passport on the street, my first thought would be “this guy is going to kidnap and murder me”