Schlagwort: Police
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Racist killings in German city Hanau: Chaos in the police force
An internal report reveals numerous deficits in police management in southern Hesse On 19 February three years ago, Gökhan Gültekin, Sedat Gürbüz, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtović, Vili Viorel Păun, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Ferhat Unvar and Kaloyan Velkov were shot dead by a racist in Hanau. The police have processed their operation on the […]
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Slap in the face for public prosecutor: Linking to „Indymedia Linksunten“ legal
Linking is part of journalistic duties and therefore cannot constitute support for a banned criminal association, according to a court ruling on a raid and indictment. It dismisses charges against a radio editor and orders compensation. The Karlsruhe Regional Court does not allow the charges against an editor of the Free Radio Dreyeckland (RDL). The […]
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Police violence in Germany is mostly male and more often goes unpunished, research project finds
About 3300 victims participated in a study on excessive violence by police officers. The violence workers also report on their own assaults. It is mainly male police officers up to 30 years of age who use excessive force on duty. Those affected are also predominantly male and on average 26 years old. An exception are […]