Drop your weapons! Sorry, wrong door
Published: 21 September, 2010, 15:26
Edited: 22 September, 2010, 08:33
AFP Photo DDP / Jens Schlueter Germany out
TAGS: Crime, Scandal, Thrills&Spills, Europe
A German special police forces squad stormed a Leipzig apartment, only to find to their embarrassment that they were on the wrong floor.
So far, no official report on why the mistake happened followed, but Bild tabloid says a resident of the apartment block called the police saying that her partner had pistol-whipped her.
Meanwhile, city police spokesman Horst Wawrzynski said the problem was that people “number floors differently,” as he was apologizing to the stormed apartment owner. The lady suffered from shock seeing armed men break in and had to ask for counseling to overcome it. The authorities will also pay for the repairs to the damaged property.
An internal investigation is to explain how the miscommunication happened. It is not clear whether or not the officers involved will be disciplined.
Meanwhile the brute police were sent to disarm and detain is now in hiding.
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not a question, but a suggestion... please stop using your tasers to 'enforce compliance' - tasers are WEAPONS! you don't *electrocute people with 50,000 volts* just because they're being mouthy or non-compliant. sheesh, not everyone needs to be 'taken-down' by force. try using your MIND and 'talk them down'. you know, some psychology 101? or don't they teach cadets useful social skills anymore?? oh and PLEASE get rid of those ridiculous Imperial Storm Trooper outfits. you should realize that that wearing all that body armor, the weaponry and military-looking gadgetry actually creates the social conditions for even more violence to occur. the aggressive militarism by which cops go about their jobs now is brutally authoritarian, intimidating and oppressive. all that gear creates more fear, and anger. and that fear & anger just leads to more hate & suffering. come down to OUR level - the people on the street will respect you more. because the people who employ you don't feel so 'served & protected' by officers who look & behave like mindless battle droids of some evil Sith Empire. the 'militarization' of our local police forces has definitely gotten out of control. so that must be stopped. Serve & Protect - LOOK and BEHAVE like good cops - don't be authoritarian assholes and thugs with badges.