Police violence in Germany: Why punishment often fails to do!

Police violence in Germany: Why punishment often fails to do!

A terrifying attack occurred on Wednesday evening in Vorarlberg when a 17-year-old boy was attacked by two unknown people. At 9:30 p.m. the victim was addressed on the street and asked for money by the perpetrators. When he declared that he had no cash with him, one of the attackers pulled a knife and forced him to withdraw money with his ATM card. The perpetrators then fled with a three -digit amount. Thanks to a quickly initiated search, the police were able to arrest the two suspects-a 17-year-old and his 18-year-old accomplice-half an hour later. The main perpetrator was interrogated on the same night and admitted by the public prosecutor's office to the Feldkirch judge, as vorarlberg.AT reported.

The case highlights the broader problem of police violence and the handling of crimes committed by civil servants. An example of this is the case of a police officer in Berlin in 2018, which caused an accident during a blue light ride, in which a 21-year-old woman died. It was only a year later that it turned out that the policeman was drunk at the time of the accident. Such incidents are often accompanied by a “corps spirit” that makes it difficult to determine the truth. According to Deutschlandfunkkultur.de disappearance, and the public prosecutor does not seriously see the deeds as crimes. Of the approximately 2,000 criminal complaints in office annually, 95 percent are rejected as unfounded or slightly, while less than 3 percent end up in court. This means that many victims of police violence refrain from complaining, for fear of further repression or because they believe that their lawsuit is not taken seriously.

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