How much do police officers have to endure?
This question is currently sparked by a case in Göttingen, where an officer slaps a young person.
A video documents the situation.
A case of
police violence
creates a stir: In
Göttingen
, a 19-year-old catches himself a slap in the face.
The official's derailment is documented by recording a
chat video
.
The incident leads to an
investigation
.
The head of the police station comments on what has happened.
Göttingen - A new case of
police violence
nationwide generated attention: In the Lower Saxon town of
Göttingen
is determined against a policeman who a rebellious 19-year-olds a
missed slap
has.
The operation leads to heated discussions about the extent to which the causes justify such derailments on the part of the police.
Police violence in Göttingen: Video shows how a police officer slaps a young man in the face
The Göttingen case comes to the fore because the
recording of a video chat
clearly shows how a policeman slips his nerves from the young man and hits him in the face with force:
The reason for the appearance of the police at the 19-year-old results from a
massive disturbance of the peace
, as the police explained.
The day before, there was an operation at the same location in which, according to the police, the man had behaved so aggressively that he was already taken
into custody
.
Debate about police violence: youth repeatedly provokes - policeman strikes
There are
shared reactions to the video recording
on the platforms
YouTube
and
to the
drastic action of
the police officer in Göttingen.
On the one hand, a wave of indignation follows, where users are horrified and stand up against
police violence
.
Others are aware of the fact that there was a drastic provocation on the part of the young man, which has now been confirmed.
As required in cases of police violence, the police officer in question is now
being
investigated
on
suspicion of bodily harm
.
As the Göttingen police reported, the police officer's slap in the face was in fact preceded by massive insults to the teenager.
The man
insulted the emergency services
.
During the operation, three officers appeared in the young man's apartment because of massive disturbances of the peace.
Even though the 19-year-old, who appeared repeatedly aggressive, resisted the police's instructions, the police officers are facing
criminal proceedings
.
For reasons of neutrality, this is carried out by a different police department than the one in Göttingen.
Thomas Rath, head of the
Göttingen Police
Department, sharply criticized the police officer even before the results and explained that the officer should have controlled himself.
In spite of personal insults, employees are expected to have “a particularly high inhibition threshold”.
Police officers must be "professionals" and maintain "calm and distance".
Police scandal in Göttingen: 19-year-old rioted and harassed neighborhood
Rath also makes a detailed statement about the causes that led to the scandal.
Accordingly, the 19-year-old rioted and harassed the neighbors:
As already announced, here is the video statement from the head of the police station # Göttingen.
The #press release is available here: https://t.co/krlqspgssS pic.twitter.com/IjzD3ycTBS
- Police Göttingen (@Polizei_GOE) September 20, 2020
Videos of recent police operations in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt also attracted criticism.
Several officers were subsequently suspended.
Since the Afro-American George Floyd * was killed by a police officer in the USA, the issue of police violence has also received increasing attention in Germany - but mainly in relation to racism *.
Are the events in the USA also possible in this country?
Criminologist Christian Pfeiffer spoke to us about causes, effects - and ways to improve *.
* Merkur.de belongs to the Ippen-Digital network.