Riot Chatter

There is a public letter that came out today from the SW of Germany, from four individuals who are part of the Green Party of Baden-Wurttemberg.  The two you might recognize?  Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister.....Winfried Kretschmann, and the Mayor of Tübingen, Boris Palmer.

The best description of the letter and the discussion?  N-TV carries a very informative piece.  I'd suggest a read of the discussion and the suggestions. 

The discussion of the letter?  There's frustration building in the SW of Germany over recent riots in Stuttgart/Frankfurt, and noticeable trends with young men.

Both Kretschmann and Palmer are suggesting a full year of social 'duty' to bring young people to some form of respect for society and culture.

The term 'riot-brothers' and poor integration are noted by both political figures.  Their discussion is that integration hasn't taken place.

So they go and suggest this pretty radical idea.  If you have been given the visa and shown that you aren't integrated (suggesting you are a threat)....maybe it's time and wise to bring you back to the initial refugee facilities and let you 'relive' this introduction to Germany.  Basically, it deem it as a 'lesson' in life, and you apparently didn't learn from that lesson....so you'd repeat it.

One can be amused by the suggestion.  There's likely to be zero agreement by the CDU or SPD Parties on this concept, and I doubt if the national element of the Green Party would agree with the idea of returning young men to refugee facilities that they left three or four years ago.

Legal challenge?  I doubt if you could find any judges who'd agree to 'send' a dozen 'bad-boys' back to the immigration centers and repeat integration.

But here's the thing....while Frankfurt's riot was mostly non-German participants....the Stuttgart folks arrested are a mix....50-percent Germany and 50-percent non-German.  You can't even say it was mostly a mix of Turks....there's at least seven different nationalities in the detained groups. 

So you have a lot of Germans are watching the nightly news....gazing at the riot videos, and reading over newspaper accounts.  The prosecution folks and judges are under some pressure.  At the very least.....some detention is going to be suggested. 

The letter inviting discussion?  It'll be around a while....while folks discuss frustrations with the system.