TLDR: Drug dealers in Catalonia have started to adopt GrapheneOS en masse leading to Catalan police suspecting anyone with a Google Pixel is a drug dealer
Of course they would get GrapheneOS phones but does not make user a suspect, they also carry cash rather than credit cards, but not all people with cash should be a suspect!
The mayor problem in Barcelona is being the pickpocket capital of the world and the unregistered Airbnbs! Both are relatively easy to address (in conjunction with the legislative and judicial system), but are have not been tackled for 2 decades already. And please, don’t start suspecting guys with Nike sneakers and cross bags as pickpocketers now too! There are plenty, plenty of genuine methods to go after the bad guys than cheeking their phones or shoe wear… gosh, even civilians are tired of pinpointing at them to end up being completely ignored by that police!
After the big shooting earlier this year I believe they’re more worried about drug dealers than pickpockets … plus there was a bunch of raids just a couple of months back where they found the organised crime was very organised.
I agree about the mossos not tackling pickpockets, but it’s fair to say there’s things they’re doing that are good too.
The Catalan police (Mossos), and I had always supported its creation and certain independence from the rest of police forces in Spain, has growth to become a bit too militarized for my taste.
I am not following their work on drug dealers, but the job they are doing with “terrorism” is appalling. There are cases of genuine terrorism but the majority, overwhelmingly majority, are not what they are selling to the media, and they have been doing this for more than a decade already… in brief portrayed disgruntled Muslim immigrants as “terrorists” for sharing files. I presume is half malice, half in a competition drive with the other police forces in Spain to gather recognition and medals. But I should not complain, in the US there is a lot of that too, I was just expecting better of that young and, supposedly, modern and agile police force.
I agree with you over all (however when I’ve spoken with Mossos it’s been much better than with the Guardia Civil, so they are not all bad)
I was thinking of their motivations. Regarding terrorism, they missed one guy who planned an attack, so it’s not surprising they want to chase all Muslims now. I think a lot of it is to do with protecting their backs.
I hear you.
Nice, that’ll help people deGoogle I hope.
At least half.
