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Growing public outrage in Frankfurt over an alleged attack by four police officers which left a black man unconscious and suffering concussion has prompted a debate in the state parliament over claims of racism in the police force.
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Generalizing Germans as racists is not fair!
You know yourself that German culture/language can be very blunt and too direct and it is not as polite as for example English. They don´t know that reffering a black man to Africa just because he´s black can be racist. They believe most black people are criminals and they simply don´t know how to be law abiding citizens just because things are gone wrong in some countries in Africa meanwhile many many things are still wrong here in Europe and if you watch Aktenzeichen XY, you can count how many black criminals, gangs or violence you can see there..actually the real criminals are more European/whites. Don´t get me wrong-there are "some" black criminals.
Now, German Police don´t know that it is totally wrong and racist, to control a person of color or black on the streets/train just because he/she looks foreign. I have some experience and even my wife (white german) have experienced it 2 or 3 times with me so she is indeed a living witness. Another terrible thing is you don´t get punished/prosecuted in Germany for racism unlike the UK,where they don´t force you not to be racist, you can be racist inside and carry it on your face but once you open your mouth to call someone a name or similar, you can be very sure you´ll get bursted and be severly punished.
My brother, I´ve lived in differnt countries, I just moved back to the UK from Germany some three months ago, and I can tell you bro that German Polizei are very very racist. If you don´t like that truth and you love your country, do what you can in your world to make it better...start a campaign or something, write pettitions and get a bit closer to people of immigrant descent in Germany cos henestly, racism in germany/polizei is almost endemic and it is disgraceful.
Surely if one gets off and another take his place and there is still only two per the ticket, that is legal, or?
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Any large to middle size police force in the USA , have many people of color amongst their ranks. Racism is dealt with very severely,in many cases the punishment is doubled.
People are not able to solve racism on their own,it takes education,will and laws to protect all citizens under a Nations jurisdiction.
Germany,s way of dealing with racism makes it clear that elitism will always be with us.
I live in Frankfurt and No yet again, the local is wrong, Frankfurt is a rich town and the centre for travel with the main train station and Airport, the police are doing a good job in keeping Frankfurt safe, unlike an Uk or USA city it is safe to walk at night, now we know why?
So I informed them that while they would not speak to my lawyer, we let the insurance company sort it out.... Off local chappy goes with them, they come back. Ask questions.. Me asks friend.. Dont say a word he says.
They ask how much money I earn. I say, call my Steureberator. They ask what I do. I say, call my stuereberator. Bit key stone cops at this time.
4 weeks later, Mr. Stadtanwahlt starts a prosecution against me for being racist and causing the other guy to make an illegal turn and crash into me... at this time I fall off my chair laughing.
Now big guns get brought out.. via my Lawyer.. how can he be racist when he only works in Africa, APAC his friends are, Asian, black brown pink etc. AND why did your police refuse to speak to his lawyer etc etc... they soon backed off.
German police racist.. Well, I have met some who are, and I am white but an Auslander. Just call your lawyer and they back off very very quickly.
Germans racist.- The ones I know. No. It is just that Germany is not like UK with a high population of multi - cultural interaction.
"Yeah, French, Brits, Russians and others are not racist at all. Germans are the only racist people. Go and live in other countries before you label Germans as racist people. Generalizing Germans as racists is not fair! "
Funny, how your name contradict that German are not racist. You name is clear example of racism and Islamophobia and You are insulting Muslims by calling them mo-slum and then saying sheepishly that Germans are not racist.