The German police officers certainly did not shoot without reason – Der Spiegel gathered the details!
When it comes to Germany, one does not typically think of deadly shootouts; in fact, the Afghan man responsible for the stabbing in Mannheim was only injured.
Spiegel has compiled the number of persons and the circumstances under which the police carried out shootings based on reports from the DPA news agency.
As they write, the record number here is the case of 17 persons shot since January,
which is also a quarter-century high. They cite the statistics of “Civil Rights & Police,” indicating that the last time such a high number of people were shot by police officers was in 1999. That year saw 19 deaths throughout. In 2022, eleven, in 2021, eight, and last year, ten. Compared to these figures, the 17 cases this year are indeed extraordinary.
German Police vs. Knife-wielding Fools
“In most cases, deadly shootings occurred when police officers were confronted with men or women in ‘exceptional mental situations’ or being treated for mental illnesses.” – writes the newspaper. Some had objects resembling firearms, or actual firearms, while others had knives – they list.
The newspaper also mentions some examples:
- the 18-year-old Austrian man who shot at the Israeli Consulate and the Munich Nazi Documentation Center on September 5
- a 31-year-old woman rampaging in a supermarket in Munich, well-known to the police due to drug issues, and sent for psychiatric treatment three times
- a 20-year-old homeless woman from Hesse who aimed an object resembling a sharp firearm at the police.
Such police reactions are more characteristic of the United States. Especially since it is much easier to obtain firearms there, resulting in a continuous increase in the number of people shot by police officers over the past eight years – according to Statista, 1163 individuals were shot last year, while this year they are still at “only” 828 (interestingly, the majority of the deceased are white, with almost twice as many whites being shot by the police as blacks).
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