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Saxony Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) defended the officers in connection with the controversial behavior of a police officer. “Action and reaction should not be confused,” he told the German news agency on Monday. The officer was surrounded by people “potentially classified as assailants and violent criminals.” During the evaluation of the operation, it was found that he had behaved correctly when he put his hand on the weapon so that it could not be removed.
With reference to a fog bomb during the operation, Kretschmer spoke of a “terrible, violent” situation. “Today he regrets the phrase he said. That happened out of the situation,” it will not happen a second time either. “In many ways, officials also deal with people” who do not adhere to public order, who do not use freedom of demonstration and freedom of expression as such “, but always with violence and aggression.” We face that. “
Over the weekend, the behavior of a police chief during a demonstration to welcome refugees in Dresden drew criticism. In a video distributed through Twitter you can see masked people, the policeman’s phrase was heard: “Push me and you will catch a bullet.” He puts his hand on his service weapon. According to the police, he wanted to secure it.
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During the demonstration for the acceptance of refugees, there were turbulent scenes on Sunday afternoon in Dresden. Masked members of an Antifa group ran with a large banner towards Pirnaischer Platz in central Dresden and blocked the tram tracks there. Some 250 people are said to have participated in the spontaneous demonstration.
When the chief of operations rushed to the protesters, things briefly cleared up. The incident can be seen in a video from the “Undogmatic Radical Antifa” on Twitter.
As the group detonates smoke bombs, the policeman stands in the fog in front of the protesters, who shout loudly. In the middle of the scene you can hear briefly “You are catching a ball”. Apparently, the policeman had said the words in the direction of the group with the banner. In response, the protesters screamed. The policeman takes a few steps back, his hand on his gun holster.
According to a report in the newspaper “Bild”, the complete sentence should have been “push me and you’ll catch a ball.” According to the report, the policeman returned to the Antifa group a few minutes later and said “You’re leaving …”. When he is said to have left again, more emergency services arrived and the situation calmed down.
“The colleague admitted it and apologized for it.”
“The sentence fell like this,” confirmed police chief Jörg Kubiessa. “The colleague admitted it and apologized for it.” The incident must be investigated, taking into account the circumstances.
According to Kubiessa, the situation was “hectic and confusing.” However, Kubiessa did not see any grounds for disciplinary action, as requested in comments on the internet. “However, the bottom line is that, for me, it is indisputable that that phrase should not be used.”
According to the police, a pot of smoke had been thrown from the meeting. When the operations chief wanted to secure this as evidence, he was harassed by 25 to 30 masked participants. “The officer felt an impact at chest level,” he said. Securing the service weapon in such a situation was “correct and absolutely appropriate,” Kubiessa said.
However, the sole action of the official contradicts the principles of self-protection. According to the statement, the officer has credibly assured “that the use of a firearm or even threatening her was never an option for him.”
Interior expert for the Greens in Saxony, Valentin Lippmann, wrote on Twitter: “The threat of a firearm is likely to have disciplinary relevance if legal requirements are not met.“
As in Dresden, people demonstrated in Berlin on Sunday for the acceptance of the refugees, under the slogan “We have space.” According to police, the number of participants was in the “mid-four-digit range.” However, unlike Dresden, there were no incidents in Berlin. Neither among protesters nor with the police. (Tsp with dpa)
