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Swedish police still stop people on a gut feeling
Border-near checks can begin without an individual concrete trigger, while the official safeguards still depend heavily on officers explaining and recording their own judgment.
In Sweden’s border areas, officers may select a person for a check without an individual concrete trigger; observation, profiling, a tip or what police call a “gut feeling” can be enough. Our analysis examines who bears the risk when intuition becomes a public power.
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