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Status: 09/22/2020 8:40 am – NDR 1 Lower Saxony
The video on the case of alleged police violence quickly spread on the Internet.
Following the alleged case of police violence in Göttingen, Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) commented on the matter. The slap to the face should not be minimized, Pistorius said. Every police officer is so well trained and practiced to keep his nerves in conflict situations that the officer should never have been provoked in this way. It is true that the case is now being processed internally and criminally. The video shows a police officer hitting a young man in the face. The clip was streamed live on the internet and caused outrage among YouTube and Twitter users.
VIDEO: A policeman from Göttingen beats a 19-year-old boy (1 min)
Suspicion of bodily harm in office
The policeman works at the Göttingen police station. He is now being investigated on suspicion of bodily injury in office. The prosecution will then assess the behavior under criminal law and, if necessary, charge him, police said Sunday. The 19-year-old is also being investigated for insulting and disturbing public order. The officers had to move four times because he heard extremely loud music and is said to have banged on doors and walls.
What happened was broadcast live on the Internet.
According to Inspection Chief Thomas Rath, the police were called into the Holtensen district of Göttingen on Thursday due to a disturbance of public order. Four policemen arrived and allowed them to enter the apartment of a 19-year-old young man. What they did not know: the young man was away from home on an Internet video platform. Then everything was filmed and broadcast live on the network. This is how the chat participants also saw the blow he hit the 19-year-old’s face.
“Humanly explainable, but not acceptable”
According to Inspector Rath, what the video does not show is the highly aggressive behavior of the 19-year-old. He also insulted the police in the worst possible way. A colleague’s hand slipped. “That can be explained in human terms, but of course we cannot accept it, and it is not appropriate either,” Rath said. Depending on whether there is a charge or a conviction, this can also have legal consequences. For reasons of neutrality, the Hildesheim police are investigating the case.
Dealing with stress is part of training
During their training at the Lower Saxony Police Academy, potential police officers are prepared to deal with stressful situations. This will start in the first year of study, said Professor Jan Lorenz in an interview with NDR 1 Lower Saxony on Monday. Later, among other things, you train how to deal with mentally suspicious people, which is then “significantly more realistic” than at the beginning of the training. In the event of incidents such as the one in Göttingen, according to Lorenz, there is the possibility of internally processing what happened. The team could then work together to clarify what went well and what did not go well in action and how to improve in the future.
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