Schlagwort: Cologne
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Report in Germany accuses police of „direct brutality“ at protest in Lützerath
The police actions around Lützerath two months ago violated the freedom of assembly on several levels, write 14 observers from the Constitutional Rights Committee in a detailed report on the eviction of the brown coal village. They see a fundamental problem in the police monopoly on the use of force. If North Rhine-Westphalia’s Interior Minister […]
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Laws for „U-Spaces“: More airspace for commercial drones
At an aviation trade fair in Cologne, Deutsche Telekom’s business and the surveillance of commercial drone flights are also on the agenda As in Hamburg, small civilian drones could soon be conducting test flights within a so-called „U-Space“ airspace in the port of Rotterdam. The „U“, stands for urban. The EU-funded projects aim to coordinate […]
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„Thin Blue Line“: German police divided on extremist iconography
An internal paper of the Bavarian Police problematises a symbol which stands for a conspiratorial community of solidarity. According to the paper, it is widespread in right-wing police circles and could violate the principle of neutrality and lead to disciplinary consequences. Not all police officers see it that way. Earlier this year I reported on […]