Germany: Police use photo of white male to depict assault by African migrant
Germany: Police use photo of white male to depict assault by African migrant
By Michael Lord 7 April 2020
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An African migrant, 31, was arrested in Munich last month for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old German girl. But what made an already tragic situation worse was that the police used a photo of a white male sexually harassing a woman in their statements about the incident on social media.
The girl was at the Dachau station on a train headed for Munich at around 10 PM on Friday, March 27 when the migrant, who was identified as being from Eritrea, approached her, according to a report filed by the Munich Police Department. Becoming nervous, she moved to another seat, but the man followed her and sat next to her. He then began to stroke her legs and attempted to kiss her in the genital region. When she tried to escape, the man grabbed her and fondled her under her clothes, and also took her mobile phone.
When the train reached the Röhrmoos station, the man commanded the girl to get off with him and made threats, heading for the doors. When she refused, he threw her phone back on the train and fled the scene. Another man on the train came to her aid, and helped her to make a report to the police. Officers arrested the suspect near the Röhrmoos station. He lives in Dachau. The girl was able to identify the suspect, and he is still being investigated.
In their statements about the incident on social media, however, the Bavarian State Police chose to use an image of a white male groping a white woman to illustrate them. Twitter users objected to this distortion, some pointing out that it would not be considered acceptable if a crime had been perpetrated by a white suspect and a black person was used to illustrate it.
“Thank you for the numerous comments,” the Bavarian State Police said in response to the criticisms in a tweet. “We will discuss your comments and opinions internally.”
A recent report by the German Federal Police revealed that 35% of all criminal suspects in the country — and 40% of all murder suspects — are foreigners, despite the fact that foreigners comprise only 12% of the national population, as previously reported by Voice of Europe.
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