Racism in the police: this study has to come, BUT ...

The dispute over a study on racism among the police dragged on for months - but it missed the reality.

A comment by Christian Deutschländer.

• It was a

  trial of

  strength

  for politics

  - but now comes the study on

  racism in the police

  .

• Right-wing extremists

  and

  racists

  are not

  isolated cases

  among civil servants

  .

• However, there is another

  important aspect

  of

  police work

  that

  needs to be clearly discussed

  .

Munich - Whether a study on extremism among the police is needed is a model case for one of those typical

that go far beyond the

.

Real problems - in the police and also in society - are wrapped in garlands of words until their core is no longer recognizable.

Instead, everyone, from the back

to the

, indulges in a trial of power with the excited accompaniment of the media as to whether or not the study is allowed.

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Christian Deutschländer, Head of Politics / Background at Münchner Merkur

© Marcus sleep

Seehofer agrees to the study - right-wing extremists and racists in the police are not isolated cases

The police study is coming now, that's justifiable, but the real problems won't go away under this pile of papers.

On the one hand, there is a

of right-wing extremists and racists - far beyond

.

The police chiefs have to discover this sediment and consistently remove it from the service.

Whoever rejects our democracy, our Basic Law, can never act on behalf of the state.

Difficult everyday life for the police in Germany: violence against officers is increasing

On the other hand, it has to be said clearly what

.

They have to turn their heads for every wrong social development, every argument.

.

In several federal states they don't even get

.

The public can mumble about crime statistics with political correctness;

Police officers experience the milieus in which they have to deal with criminal offenses over and over again.

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Horst Seehofer, Olaf Scholz and Angela Merkel: The real problems faced by the police are unlikely to go away with a study.

© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

None of this justifies racism

, not even an inch;

but it explains why frustration is growing among many police officers.

Anyone who wants to investigate the police in a study and is serious about it must also address this dark field.

List of rubric lists: © Kay Nietfeld / dpa