Sherwood syndrome

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Sherwood syndrome is a police tactical metaphor invented by David Piqué during his tenure as General Commissioner of Territorial Coordination for the Mossos d'Esquadra, the police force of Catalonia. It is not clear what he intended to convey by the term, but it has been wrongly interpreted in Spain as supportive of repressive police tactics. Piqué died in 2016. The name Sherwood syndrome was given by Piqué. It refers to the legend of Robin Hood in which Robin Hood himself decides who deserves to be targeted and robbed and who does not as they pass through Sherwood Forest.

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