German riot police clash with protesters hoping to block far-right AfD conference (www.theguardian.com)
from RubberDuck@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 20:33
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itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 21:27 next collapse

Cops, always happy to clear the way for nazis. Especially German ones.

Lucius_Sweet@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 21:32 next collapse

Just Germany doing German things…

AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 22:14 next collapse

Surprised enough riot cops had enough folks on staff.

Zorque@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 22:52 next collapse

They probably had enough time after shift to attend some events.

Wrufieotnak@feddit.org on 05 Jul 07:11 collapse

Oh they always have for left demonstrations. But strangely for far right ones they are often understaffed. Probably because too many officers took that weekend off for some personal stuff in the area.

theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Jul 22:44 collapse

I need Europeans to stop insisting their police “are different” when they constantly do stuff like this and brutalize refugees and environmentalists.

Wrufieotnak@feddit.org on 05 Jul 07:09 next collapse

But they are different! Our police still has an appreciation of the value of closeness to the population that can only be reached through the use of a baton.

Non of this inpersonal gun stuff with shooting people from afar, please. A cop needs to see into the persons face they brutalise to really make a connection to their community.

UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 09:07 collapse

I can easily continue, because our cops get proper training and don’t kill thousands of people a year.

Political gatherings are protected by law and police exists to enforce the law. As long as no court declares the party illegal, it’s their job to ensure they can gather, because they are a party. Same goes for all other parties.