After NRW also in Berlin? Authorities initiate criminal proceedings against members of a chat group

Police officers in the capital are said to have made racist comments in a chat.

The police react immediately and the authorities initiate proceedings.

There is now a case in Thuringia as well.

• After

  a racist chat group operated by police officers was uncovered

  in

  North Rhine-Westphalia

  , there is now a similar case with the

  Berlin police

  .

• The

  ARD

  magazine "Monitor" uncovered the case.

• Now the authorities have

  initiated

  criminal

  proceedings.

• A short time later there is also

  a case

  in

  Thuringia

  .

Update from October 2, 9:28 p.m.:

Just one day after it became known that there was also

a

in

in which

have made

,

a similar case is

now

emerging

in

.

A Thuringian police candidate is said to

have forwarded

in a chat

.

The Gera public prosecutor's office is investigating the case, as the Interior Ministry announced on Friday evening.

The chat partner is different than in the previous cases in

,

or

but been a person outside of the police force.

"There are currently no findings about the involvement of other police officers," it said.

At the same time, the

against the accused from the Meiningen training center are being

examined

.

Interior Minister

(SPD) emphasized that

all police officers should

stand by

and stand up for the free and democratic basic order at all times

.

"Anyone who does not live up to this claim has no place in the Thuringian police," emphasized the SPD politician.

The case was probably already known on Thursday, so the message.

On Friday there were then

of the police candidate.

Maier assured him that he would stand up to

with all determination.

After NRW & Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Racist statements also in the Berlin police chat group

Our first report from October 1st

: Berlin - Also in the ranks of the Berlin police there should have been

in a chat group

.

According to a report by the

magazine “Monitor”, the

authority initiated

.

In the chat, Muslims are referred to as a “fanatical primate culture”, refugees are equated with rapists or rats and neo-Nazis are named as possible “allies” in left-wing demonstrations, according to the report, which is to be broadcast on Thursday evening (October 1st).

There is no place for

racists in the

, according to a police report on Thursday.

"According to the information that we were able to take from the current media coverage, a

, in which content

of discipline and criminal content was shared," said the police.

Racist chat group in Berlin: More than 25 officials are said to have exchanged views

According to "Monitor", it should be the

in which

are said to have exchanged.

Above all, seven officials regularly made clear racist comments, often in the form of supposed jokes, the report says.

Colleagues often commented on the statements with approval.

A supervisor of the group had been informed about racist statements in the chat.

In an email, he asked the officials not to share any criminally relevant content.

According to the TV magazine,

Berlin's Senator for the Interior,

, said: "If the allegations prove to be true, this is absolutely unacceptable and has nothing to do with a modern, cosmopolitan capital police force." According to the administration, the editors presented the

three examples, everything More are still open.

There was no knowledge of the further scope and content of the chats, the parties involved and the agency.

"We welcome the fact that the Berlin police immediately started investigations," said the interior administration on Twitter.

We have no knowledge of the further scope and content of the chats, the people involved and / or the office.

We appreciate that @polizeiberlin has immediately started an investigation.

- Senate Department for Home Affairs and Sport (@derInnensenator) October 1, 2020

Only two weeks earlier, five right-wing extremist chat groups were uncovered by police officers in North Rhine-Westphalia.

According to a report by the

now

in an

.

There is still no official statement on this.

Racism scandal at the Berlin police: Interior Minister Seehofer sees no deficits in the investigation

Federal Interior Minister

does not see

any deficits

in the investigation and punishment of

in the security authorities, at least at the federal level.

In the fight against right-wing extremism, the line of the federal government is clear, said the

in the Bundestag: "We clarify, we do not cover up, and we pursue rigorously." Together with the presidents of the security authorities subordinate to him, Seehofer wants one next Tuesday

and other federal and state security authorities.

The report was drawn up by the

.

Seehofer

had also been criticized by politicians from coalition partner SPD for speaking out against a scientific study on racism in the police authorities.

In the past few weeks,

right-wing extremist chats by police officers had become known

in

and

.

The Berlin police reported about the media report via an internal chat group: “With knowledge of the facts, we immediately initiated criminal proceedings and started investigations.” This included “Research on the content of the messages, the duration of the group's existence, and the number of users as well as to the departments concerned ”.

The vast majority of employees live and act according to the values ​​of our democracy, it said.

This includes reporting misconduct.

"Because it is unbearable to know those among us who rise above others because of their origin and damage the reputation of an entire profession." The police oppose this with all legal means up to and including dismissal.

The

was convinced that the Berlin police “is dealing with the allegations, that they are completely clearing up and drawing the appropriate conclusions,” as they said.

A Bielefeld chief inspector is also under main suspicion.

He is suspected of posting right-wing extremist content in a chat group.

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