Earlier quoted context omitted.
What happens if you hold an anti-gentrification protest on the streets of Munich without having obtained a formal permit in advance? Yes, the use of riot police is exaggerated in Berlin, but comparing it to a "failed state" seems rather absurd. Damascus or Baghdad are doing a whole lot worse. That reminds me of how I'd see people on the subway platform shaking their heads sadly and complaining that "Berlin is such a…
It's not just the police. - the disaster called BER - failure of basic public services (there are even talks about canceling the upcoming election because the citizens cannot register, due to a combination of gross mismanagement and ancient hardware) - schools are literally falling apart and even urgent repairs cannot be done because of authority issues (who is supposed to pay for what); alone the schools would need…
BER is basically ready and only held up by zealous scrutiny, while there's no hurry to close Schoenefeld.
> failure of basic public services (there are even talks about canceling the upcoming election because the citizens cannot register, due to a combination of gross mismanagement and ancient hardware)
Is that because of the increased burden of immigration?
> schools are literally falling apart and even urgent repairs cannot be done because of authority issues (who is supposed to pay for what); alone the schools would need 5B € to fix, not to mention the other public buildings
It's like, the internet was never invented and teachers in a crowded room are the only source of knowledge. It's also like pupils actually wanted more intensive classes and that fails because ... the buildings are old? However, I guess it's highly unlikely that buildings are going to collapse like the factories in Bangladesh. Sure, there's mold and leakage in older buildings, to the point that whole schools are transfered. There are more schools torn down than are built every year, at least in my end, the east. Berlin is big and growing fast. Berlin is big, it's an infrastructural problem that rivals any other European city. Anyway, the children, some, are just as violent as the police or they'd want to be, at least. The unemployment rate for young people is unusually high, so the problem goes deeper. University funding OTOH is increasing in a downward economy. I'd call observer bias because, same as with BER, the story is milked by the media.
- corruption scandals
Sure, there is clear evidence for police brutality for example, but on the other hand, the laws are overall lax compared to New York or Bavaria.
- gentrification
Seems like the fix for lacking school funds, ironically.
- complete disregard for human rights in regard to refugees
"complete" is completely unfair. OTOH, Me and you dwelling here doesn't directly help starving people in Zimbabwe, either, AFAICS.
Your argument of association doesn't solve the question of undue violence in Murdock's case.