Policing the world over: a tale of two takedowns

Time to revise our mental image of the “Third World,” methinks. Perhaps their police can train our police, assuming that the latter are trainable.

Here’s how they do a takedown in Colombia:

And here’s how they do it in Edmonton, Alberta:

Comparisons, as they say, are odious.

[A left-right merger in the making: H/t Christopher D. Armani, via Katey Montague via commenter Morrile, b/c]