Germany shocked by Cologne New Year gang assaults on women

[Dauphin]

I don't recall any problems being noted in Munich for Oktoberfest last year, even with 20,000 refugees reportedly at or near the railway station. The police were organised and prepared.

[Kidlicious]

She was a plain clothes policewoman ... those don´t usually carry radios with them

So she can't contact another officer in the vicinity?

Uhm ... it was Silvester ... large gangs of drunk people are the norm rather than the exception during this time in major cities in germany
As well as are firecrackers flying around.
Having been in Düsseldorf myself (which is actually the largest city that is closest to cologne) with some friends during Silvester I can assure you that I wouldn´t want to be a policeman patrolling the old town during this time ... not much chance to divide celebrating (and drinking) people from those who commit crimes (or are victims of one) ... and lots of time for offenders to escape into the crowd (and I guess the crowd in Düsseldorf was less cluttered than the crowd in cologne)

But they must have been getting reports. Couldn't they have al least done something? I'm not saying they could have apprehended all suspects, but they could have at least done something, force the gangs to disperse.

[Kidlicious]

A crowd of about 1,000 men had gathered in the square outside the main railway station on New Year's Eve, letting off fireworks. Many were drunk and aggressive.

Police eventually evacuated the area because of the risk of injury from the fireworks.

But gangs of youths soon returned and carried out dozens of attacks over a number of hours with little apparent response from the local authorities until well after midnight.

Mr de Maiziere criticised police for allowing the attackers to return. The square was evacuated, he said, "and then later these events take place and they wait for complaints. The police shouldn't work like this".

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35248601

So they were able to clear a crowd of 1000 of these men, even though they were 'aggressive.' Then these men came back in large groups and started assaulting women, but the police do nothing? Wow.

[rah]

I'm curious on why you're so hot about this. Yeah, the cops misjudged the situation and should have reacted differently. They'll probably review what happened and modify their strategies.

This is nothing compared to Chicago cops routinely gunning down blacks in the city. Which has led to city-wide protests.

The German police have a long way to go before they lower themselves to what's happening in the US.

[Kidlicious]

I'm curious on why you're so hot about this. Yeah, the cops misjudged the situation and should have reacted differently. They'll probably review what happened and modify their strategies.

This is nothing compared to Chicago cops routinely gunning down blacks in the city. Which has led to city-wide protests.

The German police have a long way to go before they lower themselves to what's happening in the US.

I'm not just angry about this. This is an interesting case of the consequences of political correctness, so it really doesn't have anything to do with people being shot in the United States. It has more to do with the media in the US portraying Michael Brown as some innocent kid that was going to go to college.

[NICE MOBIUS]

No it isn't, you ******.

[Kidlicious]

No it isn't, you ******.

'******' is a politically incorrect word. you are a hypocrite.

[rah]

Then you should work on proper communicating.
The focus on you last few posts was more on

but the police do nothing? Wow.

your focus on the police's action vs. the media.

Now if you're claiming that they did nothing due to PC, that would be a different discussion.

[Kidlicious]

Then you should work on proper communicating.
The focus on you last few posts was more on

your focus on the police's action vs. the media.

Now if you're claiming that they did nothing due to PC, that would be a different discussion.

What???!!!!

[NICE MOBIUS]

Again, don't overload the ******'s brain with complicated stuff, rah. Kid can't take it!

[rah]

I keep forgetting. Getting old sucks.

[DinoDoc]

Yeah, the cops misjudged the situation and should have reacted differently. They'll probably review what happened and modify their strategies.

Given the fact the mayor's first response was to blame the victims, would you care to lay odds on that?

[Ellestar]

I'm curious on why you're so hot about this. Yeah, the cops misjudged the situation and should have reacted differently. They'll probably review what happened and modify their strategies.

This is nothing compared to Chicago cops routinely gunning down blacks in the city. Which has led to city-wide protests.

The German police have a long way to go before they lower themselves to what's happening in the US.

It's not about police. It's about policy. It's ridiculous to allow so many people in the country. It is even more ridiculous considering that everyone knows they won't work, ever. I think it's reasonable to demand that all immigrants must work. You don't work, you go back to whatever hole you crawled from, because you obviously belong there and your life was bad because of your own lazy ass. Simple as that.

Also, that bull**** with allowing war migrants in actually makes a real solution further away - namely, not creating these migrants in the first place. Besides, why EU takes migrants created by US wars? EU is what, US ****hole to take all sh1t that is created by US? US created migrants, US keeps them. EU should grow some balls already when dealing with migrants and USA alike. Instead EU lets everyone rape themselves, both literally and figuratively.

P.S. Why the hell filter blocks a word "sh1t"? Seriously?

[rah]

Given the fact the mayor's first response was to blame the victims, would you care to lay odds on that?

I didn't say how they would modify their strategies No reason the new strategy wouldn't be CYA instead of something practical and helpful to actual citizens.

[Kidlicious]

They are going to attack their culture with feminist propaganda.