Tag: Police violence
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Was Hans-Jürgen Rose murdered by German police? Group files criminal charges against officers after 26 years
Like Oury Jalloh and Mario Bichtemann, Hans-Jürgen Rose died after being arrested by the police in Saxony-Anhalt. The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office should start new investigations following new evidence. After Hans-Jürgen Rose was released from the police station in the…
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Man in Mannheim shot by police: Officers allegedly prevented relatives from trying to calm him down
An initial post-mortem examination has been carried out on the police fatality in Mannheim on 23 December. A trial will soon begin in the city in another case of fatal police violence. Ertekin Özkan, who died in the German city…
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Possibly two G20 trials against police in Germany after all, but brutal racist cop still faces no consequences
Following “unabated critical reporting”, Hamburg’s public prosecutor’s office reopened some investigations into assaults on police officers. However, a racist from Baden-Württemberg has yet gone unpunished after disciplinary investigations. A police officer from Baden-Württemberg who attracted attention as particularly brutal at…
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Mannheim police officers on trial for assault resulting in death and failure to render assistance
A year ago, an officer in Mannheim beat a 47-year-old man with his fists and pushed him to the ground, while another officer did not help the dying man. For this, the perpetrators must now appear before the criminal senate.…