Thousands Flood The Streets In Germany As Fury Over Refugee Sex Assaults Reaches Boiling Point
Update: the water cannons are out as is the tear gas:
#nopegidanrw aktuell Auseinandersetzungen im #koelnbhf bei der Abreise der aggressiven Pegida-Demonstranten pic.twitter.com/AMofbAPOLH
— Frank Schneider (@chefreporterNRW) January 9, 2016
VIDEO: German police make arrests. #Cologne #PEGIDA pic.twitter.com/FuNyTqaTKe
— Harry Fear (@harryfear) January 9, 2016
#BreakingNews German police use a water cannon on protesters in Cologne #germanyprotests #newdaycnn
https://t.co/WyXtgTrFNb
— New Day (@NewDay) January 9, 2016
Police firing tear gas and water cannon at far-right PEGIDA rally in Cologne, @AFP reporting #germany
— Katy Lee (@kjalee) January 9, 2016
Pictures of police using water canons on Germans protesting against immigrant gangs raping & abusing German women pic.twitter.com/2N8P4ORXOH
— David Jones (@DavidJo52951945) January 9, 2016
Full story:
Over the last several days, more information has come to light with regard to the wave of sexual assaults that occurred across Europe on New Year’s Eve.
What some observers initially assumed was an set of isolated attacks in Cologne’s city center now appears to have been a bloc-wide phenomenon as women from Austria, to Switzerland, to Finland come forward to report being accosted by what some police say were gangs of drunken Mid-East asylum seekers.
“In Sweden, police said at least 15 young women reported being groped by groups of men on New Year's Eve in the city of Kalmar,” AP reports, adding that “in Finland, police said they received tipoffs on New Year's Eve that about 1,000 predominantly Iraqi asylum seekers were intending to gather near the main railway station in Helsinki and harass passing women.”
“Women with or without accompaniment went through a literally 'gauntlet' by the heavily intoxicated men masses, as one can not describe it," a clumsy translation of a report by the German Federal Police reads. Some have suggested that the string of attacks was initially played down by the media and by German authorities in an effort to avoid triggering an anti-migrant backlash. Indeed, the mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker, got herself in a bit of hot water for comments which seemed to suggest it is German women’s responsibility to keep would-be attackers at “arm’s length” and to not send the wrong message to “people from other cultures” by acting too “jolly and frisky.”
Meanwhile, Angela Merkel is attempting to salvage the “yes we can” narrative vis-a-vis Berlin’s refugee open-door policy while simultaneously condemning the attacks.
On Friday, Cologne’s police chief Wolfgang Albers was dismissed in connection with his department’s mishandling of the ordeal.
According to a draft document seen by Reuters, Germany may now change its policy with regard to the deportation of refugees. "The paper says refugees and asylum seekers who have been sentenced to prison or probation should be barred from eligibility for asylum,' Reuters writes. "Why should German taxpayers pay to imprison foreign criminals," Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel asked. "The threat of having to spend time behind bars in their home country is far more of a deterrent than a prison sentence in Germany."
("Respect us! We are not fair game even when naked!" a sign held by Swiss artist Milo Moire reads)
"Women's groups and many politicians have long been arguing that Germany's sexual assault law is archaic, with loopholes that mean groping and surprise attacks are not necessarily prosecutable unless the woman tries to fight off the attack - which police often advise against," Deutsche Welle notes. "There have been very many cases that you and I would probably unequivocally describe as rape or sexual assault that haven't come to a conviction, because the women allegedly didn't defend themselves enough," Elke Ferner of the Social Democratic Party's women's group told the broadcaster.
That law is about to be changed thanks in part to the attention the New Year's attacks have brought to the issue.
And speaking of drawing attention to the attacks, protesters are once again massing in Cologne where "thousands" of demonstrators took the streets on Saturday. "The protesters included the Islamophobic Pegida movement and the right-wing extremist Pro Cologne party" USA Today says.
More than 1,500 police officers were deployed across the city in anticipation of the rallies. Here's more from DPA:
Cologne police are gearing up for a day of highly charged demonstrations, with 1000 far-right protesters expected to hit the streets in response to the mass sex assaults and thefts targeting women on New Year's Eve.
Hundred-strong teams of police were deployed on Saturday to locations across the western German city, totalling 1700 officers, a spokesman said.
The Islamophobic Pegida movement and the right-wing extremist Pro Cologne party were to stage a rally on the square in front of the main train station, where about 1000 intoxicated men are thought to have robbed, sexually assaulted and, in some cases, raped women during turn-of-the-year celebrations.
Of the 32 suspects identified by police in Cologne, 22 are asylum seekers, the German Interior Ministry said.
One suspect was carrying a document with Arabic-German translations of sexist phrases and threats, which mass-circulation tabloid Bild published on Saturday.
Several pro-migration counter-protests have also been planned for Saturday, underscoring the division in German society over the government's open-door migration policy, which allowed more than one million people to enter the country last year.
And from Reuters:
Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, toughening her tone as crowds gathered in Cologne angered by mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve.
Nearly two dozen asylum seekers were among those suspected of carrying out the attacks, police said this week, heightening tensions over immigration and fuelling criticism of Merkel's refusal to place a limit on the numbers of migrants entering the country.
"The right to asylum can be lost if someone is convicted on probation or jailed," Merkel said after a meeting of the leadership of her Christian Democrats (CDU) party.
"Serial offenders who repeatedly rob or repeatedly affront women must feel the full force of the law," Merkel told journalists in Mainz, promising a reduction over the longer term in the flow of migrants to Germany.
Under German law, asylum seekers are typically only deported if they have been sentenced to at least three years in prison, and providing their lives are not at risk at home.
About 1,700 police officers were on the streets of Cologne as protesters, including members of the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement, waited for official permission to march through the city.
At a separate left-wing protest, more than 2,000 mostly women gathered close to the train station where many of the attacks, including muggings and sexual assaults, happened.
So once again, we see a deeply divided society, with right-wing demonstrators staging a kind of "we told you so" rally and pro-refugee Germans staging counter protests even as they decry the wave of assaults.
Meanwhile, the flow of asylum seekers continues unabated. "We had an average influx of 3,200 refugees per day arriving in Germany, and the numbers are not declining in the last days," Ole Schroeder, the deputy German minister, told a briefing in Brussels. "Our problem at the moment in Europe is that we do not have a functioning border control system, especially at the Greece-Turkey border," he added.
Where things from here is an open question but it appears many Germans are at their breaking point. How TIME's person of the year responds may ultimately determine how the world remembers one of the most indelible and revered politicians in European history.
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Those bleeding heart lefties should offer to take the refugees into their homes where they can give them food, shelter, and be financially responsibe for them.
Ah, but you ignore the whole basis of progressivism, it is alway "the others" who will suffer for the common good.
If you're incompatible with Western civilization clap your hands. If you're incompatible with Western civilization clap your hands....
The Muslims want to propogate Europe with the faith by raping their women. Wake up people, time to stop being politically correct and time to get busy with these animals! I've been warning of this for years and people thought I was crazy. The Caliphate is here, and RAPE is the first step, it's gonna get much, much worse!
....yes it will, via a rata tat tat with a baseball bat to these motherfuckers skulls..
Does it not infer madness at the very least, that those progressives who have so loudly pounded the drum for women's rights, including their proclamation of the rights "war on women" to this very day, embrace and invite Islam into their very own communities and daughter's bedrooms?
It is as mad as Jim Jones kool-aid party. I can understand how the power of indoctrination has taken hold, but cannot for the life of me understand how those perpetrating it can rationalize or justify it without admitting to absolute evil.
I posited in another post on cultural marxism that the Left is essentially about self loathing and death. You will see and hear them apologize for anything from white privilege to being male.
Hostile minorities pick up on this quickly whether it is Black Thug Lives Matter or Islamic populations.
Time to buy Norko nukes, and drop them on Ankara and Riyadh.
If it were me, and this is just me, I'd drop them on Mecca and Mediana too. Force "Allah's" hand, and smoke out the fraud of the entire system.
Every Woman should know how to shoot... then afterwards if they decide to go unarmed. that's on them, In America, when a woman gets raped, the first thing they do is go out and buy a gun, saying to herself, that is never going to happen again...
democrats must be pro-rape
I was at the range yesterday and there were a couple of Mom types there practicing. One with a commander sized 1911, the other with a Sig.
In my town, the line at the concealed carry permit office was out the door yesterday.
>6 mo wait for an appointment in CA(the counties that even allow ccw)
Yeah, drop bombs on unoffending coutries in MENA and reap a crop of very angry young men who grew up under those bombs. Go figure. Karma isn't a bitch, he's a bastard.
I didnt DV you, and good point, but please leave the women out of it..
unoffending, LMAO
Tell me, which country NATO has been bombing since 2001 ever attacked or threatened to attack any NATO country?
They can't tell you, they're hiding under their beds from the Muslim Boogeyman...
Apologist scum
You can't post things like that on ZH...these peoples governments have told them to be fearful of Muslims and to watch out for the big bad boogeyman Muslim...Oh, and guess what? They're a different colour skin to us..AAAHHHHH, run for your life, kill em all, I'm so fucking scared please save me Obama, Holland, Merkel, Cameron...Save me from the dreaded Muslims...
Bitch-ass pussies!
What the fuck are you talking about?
Did you even notice the thread title?
Perhaps a slightly brown dick in your mouth or ass would get your attention.
Or maybe you think all this is funny.
Fucking retard
Yes, it's not fair that those seeking some kind of revenge for the bombing of their homes take out their anger at any and all Europeans without discriminating. If they could only distinguish between those who voted for politicians who authorised the bombing and those who didn't...! Maybe people should wear buttons: "My politician voted against bombing your home. Go molest somebody else."
Well, I dunno. I'm just looking for new options, here.
This is EXACTLY why they need to keep their burkas on
Muhamad was right
owebomba is amused
tearful for sure
I had an interesting back and forth on YT (https://youtu.be/JNlFps28fqE) with what I believe to be mostly UK responses...it was eye-opening. These people are in complete and total DENIAL. Just like the Mayor of Philly yesterday and this current admin, they will do and say anything to avoid islamophobia-phobia. Here is part of the conversation...
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ME: Mr. Snow, are you proud of your country for providing refuge to middle eastern refugees who in turn rape and rob innocent women?
REPLY: where is your evidence for this? Also, he probably is proud of his country for taking in people who are fleeing their homes and everything they know, at the hope of keeping their families and love ones alive. Open your mind you dumbass, what you said is like saying "all americans are fat and love guns" - its stereotypical and backwards?
ME: Coming to a town near you..."Teenage victim of Cologne 'African and Arab' sex mob reveals how she and her friends were surrounded by 30 men and groped as officials admit the city is a 'no-go' area for women" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3386673/Women-Cologne-lockdown-c...?
REPLY: Firstly, Cologne is Germany, not UK. Secondly there's no reference or evidence for these people being refugees. Thirdly, It's the Daily Mail (you can be forgiven for not knowing, but it's a vile newspaper that plays on peoples insecurities to sell newspapers. Its plagued with bias and warped views/statistics/stories and should rarely be used as a reliable source)
REPLY: African Arabs, not Africans and Arabs. #JustSayin?
REPLY: using the daily mail as a reliable information source is like using coffee to help you get to sleep.?
ME: "Germany shocked by Cologne New Year gang assaults on women" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35231046?
ME: "Germany in shock: Mass Rapes of its women, girls by hordes of Arab, African male migrants" http://sunnewsonline.com/new/germany-in-shock-over-mass-rape-of-its-wome...?
ME: They were in fact "North African or Arab in appearance..." They were MUSLIMS.?
REPLY: How can you possibly live a full and happy life with so much fear and paranoia. I'm reading the scaremongering and wondering just how "traumatised" an existence must be, for someone to be so filled with unabated hatred for one's fellow man... I'm black, and I recognise the face of hatred and mistrust. Shared consciousness of a struggle that seems never ending, I'll tell you one thing I know to be true... Seeing you, or anyone, from any part of the world as my brother or sister, is so much more rewarding and uplifting, than looking for an excuse to hate. Whether or not you accept it, hate only begets hate. You are worth more than being looked down upon, don't do it others. You are better than that.
REPLY: The Daily Mail, The Sun, and The Daily Express are propaganda machines. They are forced to post huge corrections almost daily which they hide in small print. Use the BBC if you want a reliable evidence based news source with minimal spin.?
ME: OK...Are you denying that these NYE attacks occurred??
ME: "Most of them were freshly traveled asylum seekers" http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article150735341/Die-meisten-ware...?
ME: I appreciate "diversity". But you must understand, Islam is NOT compatible with the values of western civilization. If you want to legally immigrate to my country for its freedoms, you MUST assimilate to our culture and norms or you are free to go home.?
REPLY: Holy shit, you actually managed to link to the only newspaper worse than the Daily Mail. GG?
ME: Look, I'm well aware of the propaganda peddled by MSM around the world. I get my news from various sources including alternative media. Discounting the credibility of various media sources I've posted here is akin to denying the attacks even happened. Is this your intent...to deny the attacks took place??
REPLY: Of course not, but the Sun is glorified toilet paper. It is an awful, awful 'news'paper. While I applaud getting many points of view on news, I wouldn't include the Sun as one of those perspectives. Also, while I'm not denying the attacks took place, both The Sun and the Daily Mail are infamous for their poor journalism.?
REPLY: Wow, you can't win an argument on the topic so you resort to talking crap?
Well, the Sun Newspaper (And I use the word 'News' most lightly) is a Mordecai Murdoch mouthpiece, and as Mordecai (Rupert) himself said "I believe the best thing for the middle east is for all the Muslims to move into Northern Europe." Look it up people, joint news conference with his best bud Olmert, paid Tony Bliar (Not mis-spelled...he's a fucking liar and war criminal) to go to war against Iraq (greatly rewarded was our Tony with 25 million from Mordecai, once Tony resigned) and Mordecai met with Cameron 25 times, aboard his private yacht, in Camerons first year of Prime minister-ship, giving him his orders. Oh, and Camerons rise to power started with his Chairman for the Conservative Party Friends of Israel.
The Sun...? I throw my fucking shit at the Sun Newspaper, and they'd print it.
PLEASE don't come to ZH quoting The Sun...it makes you look like a fucktard, like ALL Sun readers.
Next you'll be telling us what Sky News said about ANYTHING...FUCK that filthy old twat Mordecai Murdoch, Die already you slimy, evil old fuck.
O.K.....I feel alright now, back to my beer and spliff..calm down Snake...
Yep nobody buys the Sun in Liverpool. If I remember correctly a lot of stores don't even carry it. In 1989 there was a disaster in a soccer stadium and 96 people from Liverpool lost their lives. The actions of the police that day caused the crush that killed the people (they opened a gate they should not have and thousands poured into a packed stadium). The Sun newspaper the next day had full colour picture and blamed the tragedy on yobs and scouse football hooligans despite the fact they were all being peaceful and their to watch the match.
Yep, the Hilsborough Disaster..but let not the facts get in the way of a good story eh?
Point in case.
Who cares where the links originate...are you denying these attacks occured? Is the Sun article concocted? These people were asking for evidence the attacks even occured and I simply posted the first three or four links.
Just looked up the Murdoch quote on Duck Duck Go - only citation was your quote.
And people to this day wonder how the Germans fell in line behind Hitler.
Does anybody know what the city the Ruptly RT imbedded feed is from? I assume Cologne but don't see confirmation. Is there estimates on the crowd? It doesn't appear very big or what I would have expected.
By reading this article it seems to me the German government believes RAPE IS LEGAL... LOL with sarcasm
Isn't it funny how the government can quickly assemble a team of 1700 police to counteract 1000 German citizens in a peaceful political protest but have 1000 "refugees" violently assaulting German citizens and the police are no where to be seen.
We should make wagers on which countries government falls first to 'white'
(terrorists) patriots
Both German and Sweden will collapse this year under the weight of the millions of Moslem invaders. It will have nothing to do with "white terrorists."
Yes, the enemies of the German administration are the protesters who claim Germany for the Germans.
There is police galore for that.
Rape is legal already in Sweden by MUSLIM men
Well, Eurocats. The disarmed among you are feeling the burn now, aren't they?
If you're not going to shoot these people and show them who's boss in your land, then you're Epic fucked.
If the men aren't going to do a GODDAMN THING BUT HOLD UP A SIGN in defense of their women, you're double Cecil B. DeMille Epic fucked.
I think that naked girl w/ the sign wants to have sex with me!
Oh, she definitely does, you and a thousand refugees!
She's no match for American women who are top of this situation already
http://mattforney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/portlandfattie.jpg
Europeans jump on those Fascist-Nazism Band Wagons faster than anyone else in the world. "Whooo hoooo! Lets shave our heads, wear some black military uniforms, and throw some brown people into burning furnances boys! Whoo hoooo!"
World Defeated the Wrong Enemy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm34sj65MkA
...and the Americans cheer it on like it's the Superbowl. Who'd of guessed!
R.E: Ukrainazis.
Hey, Obama, McCain how about sending fuck loads of weapons to the Nazis in Germany...just like you did in the Ukraine..??
Fucktards...the lot of 'em.
Pliskin you are so right! What pisses me off is Victoria Nuland throwing 5 billion of US tax dollars to build up these lunatic neo-Nazi groups.
Watching the video. It's like some distopian novel.
And if they were armed? Oregon natural refuge only required a few armed individuals to stand up to tyranny.
The eyes of the masses are opening and the world's winds of change or blowing back to conservatism.