Posted on 07/18/2017 3:57:05 PM PDT by Gamecock
Authorities in the town of Schorndorf in Baden-Württemberg have expressed shock after police and bystanders were attacked by members of a group of around 1,000 youths.
Police report that a group of around 1,000 teenagers and young men gathered on Saturday evening in the grounds of Schorndorf Castle, as the small town celebrated the second day of its week-long town fair. According to police, a large portion of the group had immigrant backgrounds.
From within the group, beer bottles were thrown at the walls of the castle, at other festival-goers, and eventually at police officers.
“The violence faced by police was shocking,” a police spokesperson said, adding that while it was normal for large numbers of youth to gather at the festival, the aggression was new.
When officers tried to arrest one suspect on suspicion of causing serious bodily harm, the situation escalated, with many people getting involved to try to hinder the arrest.
Police then called for backup. More officers arrived at the scene in riot gear, “to shield the arrest and to prevent an attack.” As officers withdrew from the scene, they were again attacked with bottles.
Eventually police called in support from nearby towns to counteract what they described as "massive potential for violence."
Throughout the night, groups of between 30 to 50 young men were seen acting aggressively in the medieval town centre. Eyewitnesses reported seeing people armed with knives, while one man was said to have fired a shot from a blank-firing gun.
Police reported damage to three of their vehicles, one with graffiti and another that was damaged after being hit by bottles.
Three incidents of sexual assaults against women were also reported on Friday evening, while one was reported on Saturday.
An Iraqi man was being investigated in connection with one of the assaults on Friday. After a 17-year-old reported being held against her will and then groped on her backside on Saturday, three Afghani men were also being investigated for the crime.
Police chief Roland Eisele urged other women to come forward if they were abused on Friday or Saturday night during the chaotic scenes.
Eisele said "the aggression and escalation of violence" were unprecedented and unexpected in the town of about 40,000 people, located near Stuttgart.
In a press conference on Monday, Eisele evoked the chaos of Cologne's infamous 2015 New Year's Eve celebrations when men of North African and Middle Eastern appearance groped and assaulted hundreds of women, sparking widespread public outrage.
He stressed that the rowdy scenes in Schorndorf were less intense than those in Cologne or the riots in the northern port-city of Hamburg before and during the July 7th-8th Group of 20 summit, when far-left and anarchist militants burnt street barricades and threw rocks from rooftops.
When the migrants show up guaranteed violence when there's women, booze and 'freedom' to touch or grab who they will....it's the nature of the beast.
“Youths”
/eyeroll
I’ve walked Verdun 3 times.
What a horror.
Start using real ammo
Of course. Because, then, they can claim it was cultural misunderstanding. With the other violence, well, they would rather not have to deal with it. The muzzies cannot be held accountable for anything negative.
National suicide.
The situation was so bad that police were forced to admit the suspects arrested included ‘Muslim migrants’, a fact they normally try to conceal from the public. This is not going to stop these refugee/immigrants from doing what they believe is their right as a muslim...to treat women how they want to.....especially since they’re infidels.
That makes us even dumber and more deserving of our future than Europe.
“....a large portion of the group had immigrant backgrounds.”
Color me surprised! /s/
“Where are the Lugers, P 38’s, KAR 98’s, MP 40’s?”
They all got brought back to the U.S. in 1945 by returning G.I.’s, along with a very large number of German war brides.
Go figure.
And Germany on the Eastern Front!
Europe will be like Bosnia. In the future there will be a small number of blond moslems as a legacy of what used to be.
There will be many blond Muslims in Europe.
Well at least I have a P 38 and Kar 98. Love to have the other two.
Demolition Man
I vote for #1.
May the descendants of Polish women be Polish.
As a riot prevention measure, organizers of this type of event should always include a dog show and promote a pork theme for the food — delicious pork sausages, bacon, sweincutlets, ribs, and barbecue, along with alcohol, such as draft beer “with the head still on”.
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