The train one was Jiangzicui MRT. Mainland Chinese kid living here with his parents. The parents sold their apartment and left before their kid had even been through the trial. No police were injured in that incident. Just civilians. The guy that disarmed him at Jiangzicui MRT was a martial arts instructor. The people on the train were attacking him with their umbrellas after they realized what was happening.
It’s very rare for police to be attacked and/or injured in Taiwan except when there’s gang violence involved. I train alongside police most days of the week. Even the instance of an obese police officer here in Taiwan is rare. And just because someone is barely 70kg soaking wet and wearing their utility belt doesn’t mean they haven’t been actively involved in martial arts for years. Some of the smaller/shorter ones acting all cool and calm are more likely to put you on your butt than the bigger ones acting tough.
I don’t understand what this has to do with anything. Are you staying that martial arts is enough to deal with a lethal force opponent armed with a knife and potentially altered? And that Police shouldn’t use their firearms in these situations? I don’t get it.
Even with the videos I think it rare compared to most other countries (very few places like Japan and few others), but does not mean none at all as the videos show.
A lot of Taiwanese think Hong Kongers( Cantonese) are really rude/unhelpful. That was 10 years ago before China went crazy so maybe that is why people said “ewww”?
People in Hong Kong are definitely not as friendly as people in Taiwan (actually, I find most HKers were truly unhappy with my presence/existance), but what does that mean anyway? New Yorkers don’t really have a reputation for being nice but people still want to travel there.
