A story popped up in regional news of Bavaria, and it demonstrates the frustrations of German police and how their routine job is no longer routine.
So the police in Essenbach (30 min drive NE of Munich) got a call.....come out for a drunk situation. So they arrive....it's a refugee center. What they have is a Afghan guy laying on the floor....in his vomit....in a safe position to ensure he doesn't 'drown' in it. He didn't seem to be responsive, but after messing with him.....he appeared to be ok. But then came the recognition by the guy that this was the police, and then he goes into defensive behavior. The cops are now having a problem in dealing with the guy.
A second drunk guy from the refugee center now comes at the two cops with a bottle. So they have to defend against this guy.
A third drunk guy from the refugee center now gets involved....bottle action as well. By this point, a second cop unit (maybe even a third unit) has now arrived.
Now, you have various other members of the refugee center who are reacting and throwing items at the windows (breaking them). Cops react with pepper-spray. The guy who led the window-breaking situation? He was detained and will face some kind of court appearance.
All of this over a drunk guy who needed medical attention.
Some will point out and it's probably a correct observation, that once outside of Afghanistan, there's a whole other world in existence, and most folks have never handled alcohol in their life. But this type of action stages the police (when they get the call to come out to a refugee center).....to come in bulk-force, and expect the worst. It's a sad part about reality today.
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