[x3ro]

With all due respect, that is ridiculous. There have been dozens such cases over the last years, with little to no repercussions the police officers. Amnesty international has repeatedly criticised police violence in Germany. This is not a one-off problem.

[mk89]

Fair enough I don’t know all the cases.

Could you tell me how you would have done it? To hold those protesters with a limited amount of policemen?

[x3ro]

Simply don't. Arguing that protestors should not enter the mine "because its dangerous" and beating them up to get them to stop entering doesn't make sense. This is similar to the recent Tweetstorm I read about a woman having a panic attack and the police shouting at her to calm down.

In this scenario the senior officers in charge should've known this would never work and ordered their men to stand down.

[omginternets]

>Simply don't. Arguing that protestors should not enter the mine "because its dangerous" and beating them up to get them to stop entering doesn't make sense.

I'm not sure that makes sense either. The level of harm isn't nearly the same -- mines are notoriously life-threatening places. The degree of economic harm isn't nearly the same either.

I can see where you're coming from, but surely you can see how many might consider use of force justified, here.

[kuschku]

> Could you tell me how you would have done it? To hold those protesters with a limited amount of policemen?

By not holding them. The right to protest outranks the right to property.

[VonGallifrey]

> The right to protest outranks the right to property.

And where is that defined? Your rights don't allow you to deprive someone else of their rights.

[nebalee]

To add to that, there is no independent agency in Germany that is tasked with investigating police misconduct. All cases are investigated by other policemen.