Hundreds of women assaulted in German NYE celebrations

[Pickman's model]

picture number 6 could double up

nur ins wasser springen wenn es tief genug ist does not mean don't take a leak in the pool.

 

[two sheds]

yes we know that, you can only do it when the water's deep enough

 

[ruffneck23]

i wasnt looking at the words just the yellow bit of the picture

 

[Pickman's model]

yes we know that, you can only do it when the water's deep enough

Taking the royal we

 

[bimble]

All very funny .
is it true that the only convictions to come of it so far are two suspended sentences handed out last week ?
German court issues first convictions in Cologne mob sex attacks

 

[Pickman's model]

All very funny .
is it true that the only convictions to come of it so far are two suspended sentences handed out last week ?
German court issues first convictions in Cologne mob sex attacks

Your headline would suggest so
E2a so would the article text

 

[brogdale]

Plenty of reportage of the rise of AfD (at the expense of Merkel's CDU) in the Berlin regional elections, with the far right picking up 14.1% and gaining some seats in the state parliament for the first time. But there's a less reported prospect of a 'left' coalition with the SPD/Linke& Greens together getting well over the required number of seats to govern at this level.

For those that know Berlin and its socio-economic geography, this interactive map is fascinating:-

Zweitstimmen: Grüne holen mit 37,3 Prozent bestes Wahlkreisergebnis

 

[treelover]

The Greens can't be said to be left wing on most issues, while Die Linke supported Harz 4 in Berlin at one point

 

[brogdale]

The Greens can't be said to be left wing on most issues, while Die Linke supported Harz 4 in Berlin at one point

Yes, there was a reason why I used inverted commas.

 

[redsquirrel]

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[Geri]

The Hamburg verdict: Myths, media and a Muslim monster

 

[treelover]

The ruling only concerns that case in Hamburg. A separate ruling for Cologne is expected in April, but it is likely a similar verdict will be handed down.

That article is all over the place, she is including the Cologne incidents as possibly fabricated even before the trials conclude.

As one thing leads to another, both politicians and the media have fabricated the “Cologne case” so as to “bolster the police’s statements, roll out supervision of the population, and toughen up laws on foreigners and refugees so as to be able to kick refugees out of the country more quickly,” said Dietmar Henning, a journalist with the World Socialist Website.

Ah, Henning, a world authority on such matters.

I have no doubt, 'elements' of the german state will use the event to tighten controls but citing 'journalists' from a stalinist sect is pretty poor and doesn't help their case.

 

[Orang Utan]

So this story may have turned out to be a load of old bollocks:
German Newspaper Bild Apologises For False Story Alleging Cologne-Style Sex Attacks By Migrants | The Huffington Post
http://www.imediaethics.org/bild-apologizes-fake-sexual-assault-mob-story/

 

[redsquirrel]

So this story may have turned out to be a load of old bollocks:
German Newspaper Bild Apologises For False Story Alleging Cologne-Style Sex Attacks By Migrants | The Huffington Post
http://www.imediaethics.org/bild-apologizes-fake-sexual-assault-mob-story/

Which story?
That HP article is terrible, but when they say this

The allegation had echoes of attacks in Cologne the previous year, which fuelled the anti-migrant movement in Germany after the country took in hundreds of thousands of those fleeing war and poverty amid the migration crisis.

I think the story they are referring to is one that ran this year (2017) not the stories about the 2016 incidents that provoked this thread.

 

[Orang Utan]

ah. ok

 

[redsquirrel]

ah. ok

This is a, marginally, better report.

Germany’s highest-selling newspaper has issued an apology for publishing false allegations of Cologne-style sex attacks in Frankurt during New Year celebrations.
....
The allegations were clearly reminiscent of the Cologne sex attacks of New Year’s Eve 2015, in which more than 1,000 women were assaulted in the area around the central station.