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You seem to be confused. This forum isn't a court, so there is no "defense". In any case, we would still be in the discovery phase. I just reserve my judgement until in possession of all facts, in particular the statement of the brothers, more potential witness videos and the police videos.

there must be more to this story that we don't know yet.

Details and circumstances are very important in such matters. Gun drawn after a hot pursuit ? In general yes, gun pointed towards the ground or towards the sky. after a hot pursuit of two t-shirt and shorts wearing tourists on scooters with little room to conceal weapons and ample police support around ? less so. and even less reason to point a gun at them. shooting the tires as suggested by another poster would be totally inappropriate, as two guys fleeing on scooters pose no threat, but attempting to shoot their tires would put other people at risk. but ... if I was driving a scooter and a cop pulled up beside me and shot in the air and then pointed his gun on me, I'd stop. but that apparently wasn't what happened. the story says the cop pursued and stopped them, then started filming them, and then somehow the situation escalated into disarming the cop. how ? that is the question on whihb the case hinges.

Par for the course in Thailand. Same in the case of the Swiss scumbag who allegedly kicked a doctor, officials were bending backwards to interfere in the judicial process and peddle influence.

The short video shows two men restraining a cop and wringing his weapon from him without hitting him. To me it looks like they wanted the weapon to be out of the cop's reach until his colleagues arrived. But it's a short video and I might be wrong. But so far we only heard the cop's version of events. And yes, there is no assault in a self-defense situation.

My opinion is that the public has the right to disarm a police officer if the unwarranted behaviour of the cop causes a self-defense situation, for example by drawing a weapon and pointing it on someone during a verbal altercation.

Everyone should watch the video before commenting: The video looks like the two disarmed the cop and waited for the police to arrive, they absolutely don't look like they were assaulting the cop. I think it's fair to listen to their side of the story. Cops or soldiers pulling out guns, even shooting in the air and behaving erratically is common in Thailand. Also, I wonder how the car chase looked and what happened then, knowing what actions are usually taken by cops here, the car chase may well be characterized as attempted murder if the cop tried to ram their scooter. Speculations, let's wait to hear their side of the story.

erm. Literature is different from fluency. Literature is about studying Thai writers and their works.

He didn't say he's fluent in Japanese. He could also pick Mandarin.

I think if you take bona fide classes, such as from a University, then it will be ok.

I won't display my paranoia, but when you post and somehow equate Ukraine's actions with those of Russia, could you please before posting ask yourself objectively "are they really doing the same, is it really comparable? " Dirlewanger's was a bunch of really bad people, whereas I suppose Ukraine would want to draft cigarette and alcohol smugglers, corrupt officials, tax evaders, maybe non-violent burglars, car thieves, forgers, etc. I might be wrong of course, but let's see the final bill as it is adopted by Verkhovna Rada.

So what you mean is, because you don't know the exact exclusions, you go on to publicly defame Ukraine, despite the measure not having been decided yet and there being clear signs that not all convicts and prisoners will qualify.

I think you totally overlooked purposely ignored the list of exclusions of the proposed draft bill to post your usual misrepresentation of facts with the goal of discrediting Ukraine. In the very article you linked, it says: In comparison, Russia took several times murders and cannibals into the army.

wait ... charges for owning REGISTERED guns ? this whole story gets more ridiculous day after day. for this one Swiss scumbag who should answer for "kicking" (still waiting on the proof of the kicking - where are the haematomas) the doctor (not that it should make a difference who he kicked) - for that ONE scumbag, I see dozens of officials and officers abusing their power, peddling influence and intervening in the judicial process.

and there is that Ruzzian playbook again.

so different from Russia, right ? Russia would have saved them from corruption and poverty.

glad you had the opportunity to talk with a representative sample of the Ukrainian population.

the chain of events is long, but the reason for them is simple: Japan was an aggressive, imperialist and expansionist power trying to take what wasn't theirs. for Russia, it's a bit more complicated, but it boils down to Russia considering Ukraine to be their exclusive back yard. Yes, there are some historical reasons for this, but here too the real reason for the war is Putin's personality as a dictatorial murderer and him feeling personally threatened by the West who wants to remove dictators. He has felt personally threatened almost right from the beginning because we knew about his shady and bloody tricks to subjugate Russians into voting him in for President.

"after world war 2" I think you have your history mixed up. The embargo on Japan was before it started war against the US (and arguably led to it). Regarding Germany, the US' Marshal plan put it on fast track to reconstruction and economic development. End let's assume you meant "before WW"" - in this case, the embargo pushed Japan into war. Japan experienced very serious shortages of embargoed raw materials such as steel which crippled their arms industry. The same applied for Germany during the war. So Embargoes do work, but they aren't enough to induce political changes.

yes, we know which playbook you use content from. these are short term costs for a longer term investment into peace and security.

it's because they have run out of missiles and are very short on artillery shells as well. plus, the north korean shells are very unprecise because of poor manufacturing. so they send planes to use the ruzzian equivalent of jdams as infantry and front line support. so an increasing number of ruzzian planes get shot down.

I think it's an early probing of gullibility for the later scam. They will praise some product (snake oil) to lose weight or whatever, and then direct people to their "brother" who has a shop or clinic nearby.

I think what the you and possibly the Russians consider to be "secrets" is of little intelligence value. Heck, when I purchased maps in Russia and Ukraine, people were suspicious of me because they were wondering what the westerner wanted with their secret maps (this happened a long time before google maps). If you want something really secret, you should google the "Budanov triangle" where Ruzzian ships and airplanes disappear with increasing frequency.

sure ... Putin wants weak Biden to support Ukraine with 100 Billion ... you sound like a dysfunctional artificial non-intelligence.

Putin probably has kompromat on a number of MAGA Reps. If you wonder why Mike Johnson is so obedient: https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600 It's time for US voters to vote against Putin and Ruzzia in US elections.