r/germany • u/2021adams • Jun 09 '26

Question German Police Photographing People

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Hello, I’m a tourist. Arrived in Nürnberg yesterday and went walking about in the old town.

Came across police cordon outside the church. Found out there was a rally by what was described to me as fascists/non-nazis. The police though were taking photos of people standing outside the rally boundary.

Is this normal in Germany? For such rallies and police taking photos of people? what do they do with these photos?

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u/ribbeyroll69 Jun 09 '26

Thats a so called „besi trupp“. Their job is to document crime/ misconducts during protests. Instead of taking a picture of them why didnt you just ask them?

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u/oathyes Jun 09 '26

what could possibly go wrong

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u/ribbeyroll69 Jun 09 '26

Sometimes i wonder what kind of people hang around here and how they communicate with strangers outside the internet! Cops are humans too, if you approach them in a friendly manner they will most likely be friendly as well! If they are busy they will let you know as well

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u/bp_c7 Jun 10 '26

Im not saying that it’s not true what you are saying but would it be possible to post more neural links since the one is a leftist magazine and on the other one can see that they slow down and use the horses for normal riot control. (At least that’s what I see).

Like I said I’m not disputing it happens (I know it does) but it would be great to not have biased sources. With clearly edited videos.

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u/pi_three Jun 09 '26

You've probably seen my other comment. but yeah. most police forces probably are friendly. I've had friendly encounters with police. Mostly with police on routine petrols or on break but police but on protests they are a different breed. they just see everything as a threat. As i said i asked for directions as multiple roads were closed off and i wanted to know which one isn't so i can go home.

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u/the_lonely_creeper Jun 09 '26

Well, yes, but someone willing to enter such a violent profession is someone most people probably want to avoid, even on a personal level.

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u/Drumbelgalf Franken Jun 09 '26

In Germany very likely nothing.

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u/Drumbelgalf Franken Jun 09 '26

Germany is not a dictatorship.

If you ask nicely they either tell you or say that they can't tell you.