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Pressure is mounting on Seehofer to commission the police with studies on racism. But apparently the interior minister sees no reason for this despite the incidents in North Rhine-Westphalia. In the federal states, however, there is movement.
Despite the scandal of right-wing extremism among the police in North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer apparently does not see the need for a study on racist prejudice among the police.
“This process with the police in North Rhine-Westphalia hurts,” said Seehofer of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. But he is convinced “that the vast majority of our policemen reject such machinations.” This majority is “without question above our basic free democratic order,” Seehofer said.
The protection of the constitution “will present a report on this issue at the end of September.” However, this situation report on right-wing extremism in public service was planned for a long time, regardless of current events.
Do the SPD interior ministers do it alone?
On the other hand, there is growing pressure from the federal states to commission scientific studies on racism in the police force. The chairman of the conference of interior ministers, Thuringia department head Georg Maier, promised a study of the federal states ruled by the SPD on racism among police officers.
SPD interior ministers agreed that they wanted a study on complaints of racism in the police, and this “only if necessary,” Maier told the publishing network in Germany.
The Thuringian Interior Minister emphasized: “The large number of individual cases is slowly becoming too much.” For the SPD department heads, the only question is what the study should look like. What he doesn’t want is “an attitude test” with officials, Maier said. Therefore, police unions should be included in the investigation.
“We have to support the policemen”
Also at the federal level, there is mounting pressure on Interior Minister Seehofer not to reject further scientific studies. Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht urged her cabinet colleague to renounce her rejection. Seehofer had to realize that it was not about putting police officers “under widespread suspicion, but that it was in her own interest that we know more,” Lambrecht told RTL / ntv. It is necessary to clarify what instruments of recruitment, training and service of public officials should be modified to counteract this. “That should be in the interest of an interior minister,” said the SPD politician.
“We have to support the policemen who strictly reject right-wing extremism in their ranks,” said SPD leader Saskia Esken of the “Rheinische Post”: it is now clear to everyone “that we need a picture of the situation on racism and misanthropy “. “.
The Greens’ internal political spokesperson in the Bundestag, Irene Mihalic, repeated her call for a police science study. “We urgently need a scientific study in every federal state and in the federal government that provides information on the scope, spread and causes of unconstitutional trends among the police,” Mihalic said.
Reul promises a clarification
The Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul, promised yesterday in the state parliament a relentless clarification of the scandal of right-wing extremism in the North Rhine-Westphalia police. “We will work on it radically and down to the smallest detail,” said the CDU politician at the Düsseldorf state parliament. He expressed concern that the case could take on even greater proportions.
Accusations of far-right activities have been made against 30 police officers, most of them from the Essen police station. According to the Interior Minister, the 30 have been suspended, around 14 are in disciplinary proceedings with the aim of removing them and around 12 are under criminal investigation.
