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At 6 a.m. on Wednesday, more than 200 police officers swarmed North Rhine-Westphalia for an unprecedented operation. In the focus of Soko “Parabola” officers: police colleagues.
They searched their houses and offices in Duisburg, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Oberhausen, Moers and Selm. Places where these comrades live and work, 29 policemen. He is said to have received or sent messages from right-wing extremists in five chat groups. “Dark brown sauce” is what an officer familiar with the case calls shared content.
North Rhine-Westphalia is experiencing a police scandal, the scope of which is not yet foreseeable. One thing is clear: it is not the first time that police officers with far-right attitudes have been noticed. But this time there are signs of a flagrant leadership failure. And because of its size, the case is likely to undermine confidence in the security forces particularly severely.
Especially those police officers who shape the image of the organization are under suspicion. That citizens often encounter. Officers who patrol, record accidents, or mediate family disputes. Police officers between the ages of 20 and 50, some of them have immigration backgrounds. All of them have been “discreet” so far, according to Essen Police Chief Frank Richter. And it is precisely these men and women who are said to have exchanged “far-right propaganda.” During years. Hundreds of times.
