It is a remarkable case, with the upsets, the potential, The Berlin police arrested a 23-year-old man, the mobbed in the subway a uniformed employee of the Berlin police, spat on and threatened. But without social media this would probably have been never possible. The case revealed the limits of the law-enforcement authorities, the influence of social media and the outrage potential is about allegedly lack of moral courage.
But from the front: Since Sunday, a Video in social media, which shows how a passenger insulted a police officer in the subway and afflicted circulated. The video clip lasts half a Minute: He shows how a young man abusing them in a Berlin U-Bahn a policeman of the object protection and push. “I have no respect for the state, neither respect for you. On your fucking Uniform I spit, dude. You’ve just seen?”, the man with the aggressive Gesture says. The insulted policeman remains calm, and tries to prevent situations from escalating to work. The incident occurred Friday of last week against a 15 clock in the U5 between Wuhletal and Kaulsdorf North.
“touch me again, you wanker,” shouted pushing the man
As the man getting closer and closer to the officers, pushes him away, whereupon the man gives the policeman a blow in the stomach and calls out: “touch me again, you fucker” and threatening to “Then you’re going to get from me in the kisser. Then I can promise you, that you’re dead.”
The attack suddenly, the Uniform alone should have been cause for the Aggression of the husband, against the insult, threat and coercion is determined. The object protector, which is spat on in the Video, well, triggered, the Situation in which he left the subway at the next stop.
object guards are not trained for situations like this
In contrast to law enforcement officials object guards the police have a shorter training and have not been trained, therefore, for years for situations like this. In addition, you will have less enforcement of rights as a police officer. The rights of ZOS employees, legitimate violence and direct force to be applied, are limited in comparison to officials.
The incident triggered a debate about civil courage – why about the passenger with the mobile phone filmed, but not. The extent to which the other passengers are not out of fear, was sometimes mentioned. Even the Berlin police tweeted: “regarding the Situation of: #civil heroes would have been able to help in many different ways… to make A Video of what is happening to the grid is no help.”
through the Video, there was a de facto public intelligence
Now, however, it turns out: it is possible that it was just right, that the passenger filmed the action, and Twitter has spread. This is the only way, there was a de facto public wanted. For prosecutors and police, the hurdle for the release of mug shots would have been much too high – and after all experience never. Whether a judge would have agreed to a public investigation with the images, is more than questionable. Also because there was no serious violence offence.
On Friday, the police announced: “The man who attacked a colleague in the #U5, could be identified and noon today in the district court of Tiergarten to be arrested.”
The 23-year-old Berliner will be demonstrated on Saturday a judge. The truth: Without the Twitter Video of the attack this would not probably have been possible so quickly.
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