I always note that after 1 AM in Germany....your odds of getting into a stupid argument or some violent situation dramatically escalate. There's just no reason to hang out after midnight.
This morning, our regional public TV network, HR, did an update over a brawl that occurred in the region....around 2 AM.
This occurred over in the town of Erbach (SW of Darmstadt).....at a casino-bar or spielothek. The difference between a regular bar and a spielothek....a spielothek will involve various betting devices. You can anticipate that it's mostly all guys, and most have a gambling/drinking habit.
So what the cops say of the evening....some issue developed where ATM or credit cards weren't being accepted at some point around 2 AM. No one says what technical issue developed....just that the bar was cut off from various functions.
This argument develops. Gunshots occur, and the police get the call. They show up and 15 folks are in some stage of arguing with one guy wounded. A gun in the middle of this, and confiscated by the police.
Investigation going on? Yes, with possible charges of dangerous bodily harm being a pretty serious deal.
The thing is....thirty years ago in Germany....you never had gunplay developing into these late night events. Now? The police get the call and have to go in with their pistols drawn and expecting trouble. This is one of those dozen-odd things that really have changed over the past two or three decades in Germany.
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