GR translation: eyes tuned to the finest possibilities of threat

[Mike Weaver]

The cops are alert to anything they think might be a threat - however 
likely - finest as in smallest not best!

On 15/08/2025 11:20, Mike Jing wrote:
> V570.17-24, P580.12-19   No wonder. The cops go at busting these
> proceedings the way they must’ve handled anti-Nazi street actions before
> the War, moving in, mmm ja, with these flexible clubs, eyes tuned to the
> finest possibilities of threat, smelling of leather, of the wool-armpit
> rankness of their own fear, jumping little kids three-on-one, shaking down
> girls, old people, making them take off and shake out even boots and
> underwear, jabbing and battering in with tireless truncheonwork among the
> crying kids and screaming women.
>
> Does the "threat" here refer to the threat to the cops themselves, or their
> threat to others?
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