r/europe • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • 1d ago

Irish protester ‘repeatedly punched in the face by police’ during Gaza protest in Berlin

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-protester-repeatedly-punched-in-the-face-by-police-during-gaza-protest-in-berlin/a249856773.html
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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/gobocork 1d ago

Oh no, did the words hurt their feelings? How dreadful! She very obviously did not assault the cops, which is why they used the very tenuous phrasing: "offended physically". You better believe, if she had actually assaulted anyone that is what they would have said.

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u/SilentBass75 1d ago

She did not assault the cop so.... she said some mean words

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u/Much-Jackfruit2599 1d ago

insults can actually be a crime over here and you can - though it’s not advisable - use appropriate force to stop them.

however, that video shows, to my eyes, excessive police violence. an officer that behaves like this shouldn’t work with people.

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u/SilentBass75 1d ago

I agree with all you've said, I was just trying to pin the above commenters bs that the protester assaulted the police officer first.

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u/bart416 1d ago

Which can land you in quite some trouble in Germany: https://www.dw.com/en/is-it-illegal-to-call-someone-a-nazi/a-42313527

Basically, don't go to Germany and call people a nazi; being punched in the face might be the least of her troubles.

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u/SilentBass75 1d ago

Slander is a crime there, yes, though calling someone a nazi does not have its own law. Had this person been detained or arrested, there would be less controversy. Instead, we saw a police officer relish punching someone in the face.

He earned the facist nickname I guess

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u/Far_Advertising1005 1d ago

Complete and pathetic bootlicking from you.

“She called him a meanie word! Of course it’s fine that he violently assaulted her!” He’s a pathetic baby who should be fired immediately if he can’t handle being (rightfully) insulted

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u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 1d ago

https://youtu.be/8SUln5weESQ?si=aSOleHvM8dYfc301

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u/vomicyclin Berlin (Germany) 1d ago

so...?

Insult an police officer in Germany as a "nazi" and you will find out. This "everybody with another opinion than me is a nazi"-nonsense will get you consequences here.

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u/Sexul_constructivist 1d ago

If you called me a nazi, and i started beating you in the face, would you call the police on me?

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u/Detozi Ireland 1d ago

Of course they would. Right after they finished balling their eyes out.

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u/noorderlijk 1d ago

If a cop behaves like a nazi, then he deserves to be called like that. We fought a war to get rid of such thugs, you know. Nazis and Gestapo like police have no place in our world.

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u/biggronklus 1d ago

If you call a cop a Nazi for clearing a protest and they beat you senseless they’re kinda acting like a Nazi lmao

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u/vomicyclin Berlin (Germany) 1d ago

So your definition of "Nazi" is "a person who beats people"?

try to use the thing between your ears once in a while...

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u/biggronklus 1d ago

A state that beats people in the street for protesting the mass murder and starvation of innocents in a ghetto of a million people just might be a bit in the wrong bud

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u/qwq1792 1d ago

If a woman called you a nazi you would punch her? The f*ck is wrong with you?

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u/Ok_Row_4920 1d ago

Right, so she didn't assault the woman beater.