The city council group "The Greens - Pink List" caused a stir with a press release. In it she criticizes the Munich police - who reacted.
- The city council group "The Greens - Pink List" expressed massive criticism of the Munich police.
- It's about protecting an event.
- The Munich police have already responded.
Munich - The city council group "The Greens - Pink List" has voiced criticism of the Munich police . In a press release, she said that after the attack on the Halle synagogue, praise was given for taking more effective security measures to protect religious minorities. Nationwide security standards were therefore checked and improved. "The Munich police apparently think this is superfluous," said the parliamentary group in the press release with the heading "Criticism of the Munich police headquarters - take extreme right-wing threats seriously".
City council group "The Greens - Rose List": allegations to Munich police
The police headquarters refused to place a police patrol in front of the building during the film screening “82 names: Syria , please don't forget us!” Followed by a discussion in the Munich Forum for Islam (MFI) - although the organizer had explicitly asked for it several times.
Experts from the Munich NS Documentation Center, the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington DC and the Kreuzberg Initiative Against Anti-Semitism were also invited to the event. It could therefore have been targeted by violent right-wing extremists , as can be read in the press release.
After criticism of the police: "The Greens - Pink List" make an urgent request
"The Greens - Pink List" therefore responded on Thursday (February 20) with an urgency request asking for information about the process and reasons for the police refusal. Deputy parliamentary group leader Dominik Krause was outraged by "the lack of sensitivity of the Munich police headquarters to the security needs of minorities". Krause further asks: "How can it be that representatives of Muslim associations in this city have to ask for increased police protection with so much force - and that they will ultimately be denied?"
After serious accusations: Munich police react
The Munich police meanwhile reacted to the allegations and declared themselves. The event was known in advance, but was classified as not at risk in the daily risk analysis. There was also telephone contact with the organizer, but according to the police there were no new indications that made it necessary to change the assessment. Nevertheless, a patrol was sent to the event location and contact with the organizer was sought again. However, based on the information available, the wish to permanently post a patrol there was not met.
However, officers in uniform and civilian surveillance of the venue and the surrounding area as part of their patrol. As the police said, the event went smoothly.
After bad criticism: Munich police chief speaks out
Police President Hubertus Andrä assured: “Protection against hate crime in particularly affected groups of the population and their institutions is particularly important to me. The necessary police measures by the Munich police were at a high level even before the attacks in Kassel and Halle. My employees are particularly sensitive to hate crime and the necessary protective measures are given high priority in our daily range of tasks. "
Only a few days ago, the Munich police were in focus. Several officials are said to be involved in a scandal. (Tz.de *)
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