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About 300 Arrested in Berlin on New Year's Eve Incidents (www.telesurenglish.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In German news they say its more like 400 arrested, and there was the little fact that police presence was higher than normal. More police equal more arrestings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That checks out. I live near a college town where for 2-3 years there was a rash of "college riots" where police tear-gassed everyone in the streets when they felt it was getting out of hand. The solution to keeping the students from rioting ended up being... stop sending cops out there. Everything was fine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Have you ever been to Berlin at Silvester? It got out of hand the past years and got incredibly violent. People are shooting rockets at each other and into buildings, and it often starts mass fights.

Police has nothing to do with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not directly. They can do more if presented. That's overall the fact. I mean it isn't allowed to fire up fireworks before 0:00. But everyone does it everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The commenter I replied to claimed the exact opposite.