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Sunday 20 September 2020
Due to the disturbance of public order, the Göttingen police repeatedly visit a young man in his apartment. When he insults the officers, one of the policemen attacks. A video of the incident is circulating online and rekindles the discussion about police violence.
A policeman struck a 19-year-old young man in the face during an operation in Göttingen. A video of the incident at the young man’s apartment caused a sensation and outrage on YouTube and Twitter. “You cannot find in detail what happened in the run-up to the derailment,” police said in a statement. A spokeswoman had previously confirmed that they were Göttingen officials.
The police officer and three other officers went to the 19-year-old’s apartment Thursday morning due to a “massive disruption of public order,” the spokeswoman said. According to the announcement, it was the third mission that morning. Even in the days before, the police had to move to the apartment for similar complaints from neighbors. During the operations, the young man insulted the police several times with comments such as “Wankers, fuck you, spas, shit policemen,” the message says. In this context, the officer hit the young man.
After another disturbance of public order on Thursday night, police detained the 19-year-old. Investigations have been launched against him for defamation and disorderly conduct. These procedures remain in the hands of the Göttingen police for further processing. Police learned of the images on Friday morning through social media. The event was streamed on the internet because the 19-year-old was on a video conference at the time of the mission. The broadcast was recorded by others and then broadcast on the network without sound.
Investigations against the police officer
The officer who carried out the coup has been identified. Criminal proceedings have been initiated against him. “The investigation into the suspicion of bodily harm is ongoing, but will be taken over by another police station,” the spokeswoman said. This is common practice for neutrality reasons. The case was turned over to the Hildesheim police.
Thomas Rath, head of the Göttingen police station, criticized the colleague’s behavior. “Even if police officers are repeatedly thrown at police officers, as in the present case, hatred and personal insults, this in itself in no way justifies physically assaulting the police counterpart,” it is quoted as saying. in the message. He expects his officers to be particularly reluctant to remain calm and distant in such situations.
In Germany, police violence has been repeatedly debated in recent months. After the death of the African American George Floyd on May 25 during a brutal police operation in the American city of Minneapolis, there were also several demonstrations in this country. After a police operation in Hamburg, people took to the streets: a video on Twitter showed eight officers shooting down a 15-year-old boy.
