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Tensions Rise in Germany Over Handling of Mass Sexual Assaults in Cologne
The Guardian reports:
A ferocious debate has erupted in Germany over the handling of mass sexual assaults and muggings carried out by groups of young males during New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne, amid accusations of a police and media cover-up over fears of whipping up anti-foreigner sentiment in the wake of the migrant crisis.
About 100 complaints have now been made to police, two-thirds of which are linked to sexual assault, including two rapes. According to police and witnesses, the perpetrators were of north African and Arab appearance, although neither the identity nor origin of any of them has so far been established.
If you're not already feeling queasy enough be sure to read the link "Asian sex-grooming gangs in the UK" in the article. Apparently you can find similar stories from all over the UK, these sexual crimes against underage girls perpetrated by muslims are sickeningly common.
Conspiracy of Silence - or Sensationalist Reporting?
There are a number of marginal news sites posting stories out of Europe these days, mostly from Germany, Sweden, as well as other claims made regarding Finland and the UK. The claims all center around a huge increase in rapes by immigrants, outright take over of public train stations, and mass groping of women passing through the stations.
According to these reports, the incidents started in midsummer and continue to this day, but the local news organizations have refused to publish reports of these incidents even after arrests have been made. Often police are accused of withholding the news of any complaints or arrests for months.
The clear implication, more often implied than stated is that the national leaders who went public in their pledges to accept refugees from the middle east war zones as well as northern Africa are leaning on main stream news outlets to suppress news reports of these rapes and sexual assaults. This suppression, if it exists, also appears to extend to the US press.
The assaults aren't limited to European women, but also include women in the immigrant shelters, some as young as 16. The immigrant shelters population in Munich is 80% male. But not all the alleged perpetrators are migrants from the recent wave of mass migrations over the summer and fall. Some are earlier immigrants from North Africa who don't necessarily live in the camps.
Finally some reports are leaking into the western press in the US, such as this brief report in the New York Times about events on New Years Eve. That same event was reported by a couple of the British tabloids.
Many reports are in German, Here and Here. (Google Translate does well with these pages). Others are in English such as this one and this one.
Are any Soylentils living in the EU near refugee centers seeing these problems? Is it being reported? Is it being repressed? Or is the whole thing a made up issue by biased articles in fringe news sites?
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Friday January 08 2016, @07:46PM
Sounds to me like the problem is you have two enemies: immigrants who don't respect the law, and your government which also doesn't respect the law. They make it illegal for you to have a knife and defend yourself, they steal money in order to pay these people for 3-4 years as you say, they fail to prosecute those who commit crimes and prevent you from having another recourse for justice.
If all this stuff went away the immigrants that arrived would be much more law abiding.
We have very similar problems here, but it doesn't make me oppose immigration in general; it makes me oppose the law "makers" (law breakers).
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 09 2016, @06:33AM
Having a [combat, hunting] knife is perfectly legal; though drawing it and pointing it at random people is pretty frowned upon, as it is in general in civilized nations.
Frankly, the original poster sounds like a nutcase, with his carrying around a knife and all -- don't know whether it will help, but some advice: don't draw a knife in an already tense situation unless you're prepared to use it, and use it immediately; if you don't know much or anything about knife combat, use legally permitted pepperspray instead.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 10 2016, @01:57PM
OP here, when I was in the US I grew up in a little city called Baltimore, so I know whats what when 3-4 people stop what their doing, spread out and approach me.
Here's a hint if that ever happens to you, they're not likely going to ask you what time it is.
I carry a weapon to show people I'm willing to use it, and I only draw it when that criteria is met.
I am thankful I've never been forced to do anything more than that.
I am trained in hand to hand combat. Part of that training is being able to judge a situation and react accordingly.
Sometimes it only requires a display of willing to put up a fight.
The refugees often travel in groups, they are housed this way. They also have too much free time on their hands.
I can't find the article, and it's only in German, but there was a man robbed and beaten at the train platform by 3 of them last summer.
This was roughly 4 blocks from where I lived at the time and in the middle of the day.
The weapon I carry is a folding blade, but it is illegal here because I modified it to open with one hand.