Berlin police investigate after officer punches Irish activist at protest
Berlin police investigate after officer punches Irish activist at protest
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Berlin police investigate after officer punches Irish activist at protest
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How many incidents there have been like this by the Berlin police, we stopped counting. It is better if they wear brown uniforms to reflect their stance on the genocide. Sturmabteilung pigs
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I'm quite impressed by the Irish government here. Standing up for crusty pro Palestine protestors by sending in their freaking ambassador.
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Irish people have contemporary, first-hand experience with colonialism and oppression from the British. I think their support for Palestine is admirable and brave, but it's also not surprising given their recent and not-so-recent history.
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For all their clamoring about soviet oppression, I haven't seen anything similar from the Eastern European governments.
And to our own shame, the governments of Greece and Cyprus have chosen to align more closely with Israel, despite a recent history of oppression by Turkey. Probably precisely because Turkey has gone the other way.
So it is not at all obvious that Ireland would be so fucking based. Credit where credit is due.
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That guy looks exactly like a Nazi from a contemporary war movie.
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Yeah, hoping some German can shed some light on whether those two things can be illegal to say to a cop in that context – seems wild to me.
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Even if they were illegal it wouldn't justify the aggressive use of force like that. He was just angry at being insulted and took it out on them. His poor fee fees. :'(
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“fucking genocide supporter” and “you’re acting like a fucking Nazi” both would be considered insults and the police office could charge them with that. He could have just charged them for insult and be done with that. It has been clearly recorded so it would have been no problem to prove in court. However punching is excessive force. There was no physical attack on him, so no need to defend himself or some sort of restistance to arrest requiring him to do that.
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@TipsyMcGee @dubyakay so insulting someone (police or someone else doesn’t matter) is in fact illegal in Germany and I would say these were insults. BUT this never allows you to attack someone, especially the police here is quite strict with that. But tbh. internal investigations normally do nothing at all.
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Wow. Can you imagine living in a country that punishes police brutality? I'm so goddamn jealous.
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Sorry for what happened. Just fyi - Berlin got the worst police in all of Europe,. They're even worse than russian police...
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Are you fucking serious? Berlin police worse than Russian police? Berlin police suck compared to other German cities, however your comparison is ridiculous.
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What a ridiculous comparison.
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SourGumGum loves steteotypes.
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Germany likes to PR itself as the greatest, most accepting, issue free nation on earth. Until you actually take a look and realize they’re not as perfect as they claim and that Nazis and racists very much are still allowed to exist in Germany. The fact that they’re investigating for “insulting” police tells you they’re still fucked
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The way Germany supports and defends Israel and the genocide they are causing, they sure do
Eh.... It's not unclear in the slightest. The first punch was an obvious jab right to their nose. The second one drew quite a bit of blood.
They were an absolute champ to just stand there and take it. Huge respect.
It was definitely intentional, but also it looks like only one punch. The video just shows it from 2 angles.
Still enough to hopefully get the pig suspended and fined.
There was a second punch a few seconds after, but this article's video didn't show it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SUln5weESQ At 1:15 and 1:31