Daily Archives: January 12, 2018
France’s War against Firefighters and Police by Yves Mamou
PARIS, FRANCE – APRIL 20: Police secure the area after a gunman opened fire on Champs Elysees on April 20, 2017 in Paris, France. One police officer has been killed, and a second injured by a gunman on The Champs Elysees. Security is heightened in Paris with the first round of France’s presidential election on Sunday. (Photo by Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)
A silent war against French police and firefighters is in full swing. “2,280 firefighters were assaulted in 2016… As a result, the police are called to certain areas just to protect the firefighters.” — National Observatory of Delinquency, Radio Europe 1.
Germany: Berlin’s Police Problem by Stefan Frank
BERLIN, GERMANY – DECEMBER 15: Police enter a new police station shortly after the inauguration at Alexanderplatz on December 15, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Alexanderplatz, at the heart of Berlin, has seen a steep rise in crime in recent years, with police reporting an average of 18 crimes a day, including occasional fights and stabbings between rival groups in the early hours. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
According to reports, frequent, habitual and sometimes criminal misconduct by Berlin’s police cadets, especially those with a migrant background, is rampant in the Berlin-Spandau police academy.