A serious incident occurred at the German-French border: federal police officers are said to have brutally attacked a 65-year-old.
- Federal police officers are accused of brutal abuse of a civilian.
- The incident is said to have occurred at the German-French border.
- The victim was a 65-year-old Frenchman.
Saarbrücken - After the violent death of US citizen George Floyd *, people around the world are currently demonstrating against racism and also against police violence. At this very moment, an incident on the German - French border is causing a sensation.
The Saarland Radio reported that a federal policeman dragged together with colleagues an elderly customer from the stand, had knocked down and fixed. The transmitter therefore has a video from a surveillance camera that documents the incident. The whole thing is said to have happened on Friday morning at the Goldene Bremm border crossing in Saarbrücken .
Brutal police action at the border: 65-year-old hit hard
The kiosk operator has now filed a regulatory complaint against several federal police officers with the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
After the brutal action, other police officers had come in and apparently calmed the situation, it is said. In the official complaint , the kiosk operator described the process as " brutal " and " scandalous ". Such behavior at the German-French border was unacceptable 35 years after Schengen. It had to be examined internally and disciplined if necessary.
Brutal police action: victim explains prehistory
The person concerned is a 65-year-old French from Lorraine. He told the SR that he had hired a Saarbrücken lawyer and was considering a criminal complaint . The 65-year-old admitted that he had partially ignored a border control * of the federal police before the incident and did not go straight to the right. The federal police officer, who followed him to the kiosk, had not worn a mouth and nose guard and was aggressive.
The 65-year-old's lawyer said the video was " shocking " to a neutral observer . It is no reason for a " such a violent outbreak of the police to identify his client at the expense". The matter must be dealt with under criminal and official law.
According to the report, the federal police initially did not want to comment on the allegations. Spokesman Karsten Eberhardt only confirmed that there had been an incident in the border control area. This will now be checked. Only when the video is available can the processes be assessed.
The border controls in the context of the Corona * pandemic had recently led to upsets between Germany and France. Frontier workers from France felt discriminated against when entering Germany. According to the Saarland state government, the French were sometimes insulted and thrown at with eggs . Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) had condemned the behavior.
dpa / rjs
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