By Gunnar Schupelius
How was it possible for a SEK man to be hugged and photographed by a clan member? Police chief Slowik does not give a meaningful answer. But it has to do that, because this is about trust in the democratic state and its officials, says Gunnar Schupelius.
A photo is circulating on the internet. It features Firas Remmo from the Remmo clan. He is the son of the clan chief. Firas put his arm around a police officer from the Berlin Special Operations Command (SEK) and then snapped a selfie.
The photo was taken on December 27, 2022, in the Remmo villa in Alt-Buckow. A wedding was celebrated there. Guests posed with a real tiger borrowed from a circus.
The district office then stepped in. The police were called in to protect the employees, and the SEK sent them, because when it comes to clans, weapons are involved.
When the employees of the district office arrived with the SEK officials in the Remmo villa in Alt-Buckow, the tiger had already been taken away again.
Firas Remmo used the short, relaxed moment, put his arm around an officer’s shoulder and took a picture. Visibly self-confident and satisfied, he smiles at the camera.
How was that possible? How could Firas Remmo hug the SEK man, how could he snap the selfie? Why couldn’t the official prevent this?
Internally and unofficially, we received the information that it was a matter of “de-escalation”. The officer could, of course, have fended off anyone approaching him. What else is he trained for?
But he shouldn’t do it, or if he should, then only if there was imminent danger. Why? For two reasons. First, there should be no pictures of a supposedly rabid official at a supposedly peaceful wedding reception. Secondly, a possible violent reaction from clan members should be avoided.
Officially, police claim the officer “pushed Firas aside” when he noticed Firas raising the cellphone to take a picture. Is that correct? How was Firas then able to take a picture and why did the officer allow himself to be hugged beforehand?
The police headquarters has not yet given any further information on our detailed request, but wants to provide a statement later. We hope so, because it’s about organized crime, a mafia, to put it bluntly, that is expanding its power by any means necessary.
The selfie photo symbolizes the boundless disrespect of the Remmos and all their brothers towards the democratic state, its laws and its officials. They laugh themselves to death about the German police and their de-escalation. With drastic words, they articulate their contempt every day on the streets of Neukölln.
The photo also completely undermines the population’s confidence that this state is taking vigorous action against organized crime.
This scene should never have happened. And if it did happen, then the chief of police had to comment on it and take the necessary steps so that such a photo could never be taken again.
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