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Germany: Youth gang terrorizes small town, vigilante patrol group forms to protect children
Remix ^ | July 10, 2025

Posted on 07/12/2025 7:22:45 AM PDT by george76

When the German state fails to protect the youth, some citizens are taking defense into their own hands, even as the police warn against such an action

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The small German town of Harsefeld is grappling with a severe breakdown of public order, as a youth gang’s reign of terror has led to hospitalizations, extortion, and drug dealing. The situation has become so desperate that citizens are being forced to form a vigilante patrol group, highlighting a perceived failure of the state to protect its own people.

What was once a tranquil Lower Saxon town has now become a hotbed of controversy after a youth gang’s actions led to the formation of the patrol group.

Videos of the gang in operation have shocked the town and led to national headlines in Germany. In one video, the suspects’ faces are blurred, but one teen is severely beating his victim. There are also apparently other videos the group has uploaded online, in what some believe is an effort to boast of their acts and intimidate others.

The gang has been active for at least six months, with incidents ranging from beatings and threats to near-fatal attacks at the train station. These are not acts of youthful exuberance but brutal violence, seemingly with no regard for human life.

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The official response, so far, has been silence, denial, and victim blaming.

The extensive list of crimes—extortion, drug trafficking, and violent assaults—reads more like a major city crime report than a situation in a town of 14,000. Local media outlets, including the Stader Tageblatt and NDR, have reported on the crisis. In addition, national outlets Focus Magazine and Bild have reported on the story.

The police response has been criticized as dismissive, with authorities citing staffing shortages. The Harsefeld police station is reportedly closed intermittently, forcing emergency calls to be rerouted to Buxtehude.

This 15-kilometer distance means patrols often arrive long after perpetrators have fled. A police spokesperson’s statement, “We are responsible for everyone,” does not appear to hold up to scrutiny, as parents and citizens are forced to form their own patrol groups.

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The police spokesperson, Rainer Bohmbach, labeled these patrol groups as “quite creepy” while simultaneously appearing unable to stop the violent thugs operating in the town.

“Yes, of course, we find that quite creepy. A vigilante group doesn’t help anyone. It’s more likely that we’ll end up in the realm of vigilantism,” said Bohmbach. He is warning against the formation of such groups.

School administrators and the youth welfare office have raised alarms about the gang, resorting to warning letters and calls for discussion groups and social workers, but when it comes to minors, legal action is often difficult in the German system.

... One key perpetrator, a known repeat offender, reportedly even engaged in a “pleasant conversation” with the mayor before the holidays. The mayor, who has known the boy for years, expressed shock at the violence but chose to “listen calmly,” an approach that appears to have no effect.

Police are reportedly well aware of who the two gang leaders are, both of whom have been known since 2023, with approximately 15 reported crimes each — a number likely lower than the true figure due to victims’ fear of reporting.

Despite known perpetrators and clear video evidence, no court cases have been initiated. The official explanation: “Investigations are ongoing, but it’s taking time.”

Meanwhile, the victims are piling up in the small town, as they have in various other towns and cities across Germany.

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This lack of action has driven citizens to form a vigilante group, conducting their own patrols and recording incidents — exactly what authorities publicly warn against. Yet, authorities say they lack the resources to combat the group.

The nationality and names of the suspects have not been released, as no court cases have been initiated. Even if convicted, both teens are minors, and their identities are unlikely to ever be released.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; France; Germany; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria; War; War on Terror
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To: george76

Social control is being bit by bit turned over to he Mohammedans. It is surely a deliberate process indicating that the German Elite has accepted that the Germans are obsolete and desire to do the deed gradually in order to avoid an actual uprising by the normal people. Perhaps they think they can sneak into the role of Elite in the new order they are accepting.


21 posted on 07/12/2025 7:46:14 AM PDT by arthurus (| covfefe |)
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To: george76
Migrant trouble again. To a follower of Mad Moe Infidels are worthy only of being converted or killed. It is insanity to let any of them into your country unless you want your women raped. Breitbart has an article on a Sudanese individual from that particular town that had to be put down by the police.
22 posted on 07/12/2025 7:48:13 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: dfwgator

> But it’s infected the entire European continent. <

Some countries in Eastern Europe (like Hungary) are standing strong against the Muslim invasion. But all that’s needed there is one bad election. Then the walls come down, and the invaders flood in.

I’m rather pessimistic about all this. As I mentioned earlier, maybe the only possible solution would be a military coup. And that’s so very unlikely that it enters the realm of fantasy.

Would make for a good novel, though.


23 posted on 07/12/2025 7:50:52 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: george76
A vigilante group doesn’t help anyone

apparently neither do the police….

24 posted on 07/12/2025 7:52:01 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: george76

At some point, these local politicians, and even the less-local politicians, need to get the message. If they refuse, then they should become ex-politicians. The means by which should fit the level of their treachery.


25 posted on 07/12/2025 7:55:06 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: george76
You don't say.

Who could have ever imagined that this would be the result of letting in millions of military-aged, feral, 3rd world "migrants?"

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Those behind this should be hanged.

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26 posted on 07/12/2025 7:55:40 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: arthurus

> Social control is being bit by bit turned over to he Mohammedans. <

Yep. And a determined group doesn’t have to be in the majority to take over a country.

Dr. Peter Hammond did a study on how Muslims behave as a percentage of the population. The tipping point occurs once Muslims reach around 5% of a population.

That’s when they cease to be quiet neighbors. They start to demand more and more. And they will include threats if they don’t get their way. Those threats will include threats of organized violence.

(Germany is now roughly 7% Muslim.)


27 posted on 07/12/2025 7:57:02 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: george76

Nothing wrong with vigilante groups if that what it takes, so be it. I think it was Edmond Burke who said “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. And we have a lot of that.


28 posted on 07/12/2025 8:04:44 AM PDT by Rappini ("In hoc Signo Vinces" In this sign, you shall conquer.)
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To: rrrod

Be careful. You’re actually looking at your own future—if the west doesn’t change.

I realize that it may require a change in your own legitimate prejudices. But the world does not care about your prejudices or mine.


29 posted on 07/12/2025 8:04:44 AM PDT by ckilmer
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

👍


30 posted on 07/12/2025 8:07:49 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Peace - through superior firepower.)
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To: george76
"even as the police warn against such an action"..... ?

Everyone has a God given right to protect themselves and their children!! ...imho

31 posted on 07/12/2025 8:15:03 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: george76

The citizens will hit the fed up point and do what has to be done. If protecting your family and town is a bad idea, then are crimes committed by gangs GOOD? You don’t appease wrong as it grows when given the chance.


32 posted on 07/12/2025 8:15:25 AM PDT by Mlheureux
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To: george76

Otto von Bismarck would put up with this for about 3 seconds.


33 posted on 07/12/2025 8:20:22 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: george76

Maybe AfD had a plan. Sadly they have to shut up now.


34 posted on 07/12/2025 8:24:25 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Schießen. Schaufel. Stille.


35 posted on 07/12/2025 8:33:08 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: george76

It’s as though the authorities have forgotten why people pay taxes in the first place. If they’re not willing to perform the function the taxes are collected for then people have no choice but to find alternative means to achieve civility.

Europe is under a spell, the guilt of ‘past transgressions’, paralyzing their ability to ‘call a spade a spade’. Such foolishness. It’s at a breaking point, all the signs are there.

The only action by authorities is to try and ban any political party (e.g. AfD) from voicing the peoples’ concerns. It’s an “let them eat cake” type moment.


36 posted on 07/12/2025 9:03:27 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: george76
“Yes, of course, we find that quite creepy. A vigilante group doesn’t help anyone.

Au contraire. It keeps potential victims from becoming victims. And reminds the criminals to watch their conduct.

37 posted on 07/12/2025 9:09:45 AM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
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To: george76

VIGILANTES SURE WORKED IN THE OLD WEST.


38 posted on 07/12/2025 9:52:03 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: george76

Yoots? Again?

Obviously not of a certain complexion.


39 posted on 07/12/2025 11:00:05 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: george76

youth gangs AKA muzzies


40 posted on 07/12/2025 1:29:35 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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