By Stephen Peter
On day 4 after the serious riots, politicians are still at a loss. Instead of real solutions, there are mainly disputes.
Franziska Giffey (44, SPD) visited police section 34 on Nöldnerstrasse (Lichtenberg). It was supposed to be about the bike relay, but the New Year’s riots overshadowed everything.
Franziska Giffey (SPD), Governing Mayor of Berlin Photo: picture alliance/dpa
The ruler announced: “Origin or not. Almost all of them are Berlin children,” she claimed. “They were born and raised here.”
It has long been known that many perpetrators have Afghan or Syrian passports!
What does she suggest? “Outstretched hand and stop signal,” said Giffey. Means: integration and social work as well as “consistent criminal prosecution”.
Giffey referred to former juvenile court judge Kirsten Heisig. “Partial custody, but also very quickly transferred to social work, cleaning work, unskilled work.”
► Meantime Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (55, CSU): “Berlin is just not really safe. How can you have any respect for a city that can’t even organize its own elections?”
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) Photo: picture alliance/dpa
► But there is also zoffing in Berlin. Neukölln’s integration officer Güner Balci (47) plagued Hohenschönhausen. There everyone is the opponent “who looks different or thinks differently”.
► Lichtenberg’s Deputy Mayor Kevin Hönicke (38, SPD) Balci wrote a letter: “As a record child, I can tell you very clearly that we will not allow ourselves to be stigmatized, and certainly not with the Nazi club!”