Children as young as 7 'arrested' by German police at Gaza demos
Children as young as 7 'arrested' by German police at Gaza demos
German police have used excessive force against protesters, with the latest developments including children being arrested and women facing sexual violence
German here. This is 99% sure fake news. German police is only able to even touch kids at that age to take them back to their parents. Kids up to 14 are executively immune from the law. The source is also kind of iffy. The right to protest is also enshrined in German law. As long as they are not violent they can protest all day long.
Immigrant who lives in Germany here. This post is a bunch of lies. On this topic there are a lot of politically motivated astroturfers who take over whole comment sections to push their false narratives.
Which? The one to which you replied or the grandparent / original claim?
At a demo some weeks ago in Berlin I definitely saw them chasing a kid that was 12 or younger, but luckily he was swift and disappeared into the crowd that was starting to surround and corner the police after they charged the crowd from the side into an otherwise completely relaxed demo. Obviously, the kid was arab.
Police in Germany is composed of pigs as much as any other police force.
also german here. the demo i recently went to was cut short by police for no apparent reason.
also many others are being blocked by the cops before they get to happen.
this country is also raiding organizers homes and recently banned a group called "palästina solidarität duisburg" which organized protests as well.
and its all happening in the name of what they call "staatsräson" or some vague ideas of chants like "from the river to the sea, palestine will be free" being antisemitic.
lastly, the idea that cops give a shit abt following the law is ridiculous if u ask me
What you're saying is absolute horseshit.
They banned many many protests in Germany (before they happened, at the permit phase). The excuse the authorities give is usually vague security concerns, and they always argue that something antisemitic or glorifying violence might be said. And they explictly define any fundamental critique of Israel as antisemitism and any positive mention or symbol of any armed resistance group as glorifying violence, but only for pro-Palestinian groups. You can show support for the IDF as much as you like, in fact providing not just symbolic support, but support in the form of actual lethal weapons is facilitated at the highest levels of the state. That is legal and encouraged. Saying "Palestine will be free." gets you detained.
You'd think that Germany would want to be on the right side of history this time.
They didn't realize the problem with the holocaust was the genocide bit, instead of the Jewish part. That's the only explanation for this behavior: they keep talking about their mistake, but obviously learned the wrong lesson.
I think the west made up a narrative about postwar Germany and that narrative is now being exposed.
How did west Germany denazify so quickly after WWII?
They didn't.
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Na, they know genocide when they see it and don't waste the opportunity to help.
Thats like the oppisite of the issue here.
Remembrance is so deeply ingrained into our society, that a lot of people in power are struggling to even criticise Israel.
Add to that highly emotionally charged discourse and frustration in the general public at these protests plus cops being cops, jumping at an opportunity to bash lefties and you get this bullshit.
Berlin police have confirmed that a 13-year-old was detained "on suspicion of insult," which is a criminal offence under German law.
Dawg....
Basically the cop felt like teaching that kid a lesson.. Nothing will ever come from this, its just overreach.