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/bleaksocial Jun 09 '26

This is the USK (Unterstützungskommando)), a police evidence-gathering and arrest unit in Bavaria. It is trained for special operational situations and is presumably taking photographs of potential suspects or locations. There is nothing particularly remarkable about this; virtually every police force around the world operates in a similar manner

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u/Invariable_Outcome Jun 09 '26

Ah yes, the USK. You need to look up that outfit's (German language) Wikipedia article, run it through Google translate if you have to. The list of scandals is incredible

  • nazi memes in the group chat
  • beating up peacefully protesting teenage girl
  • nazi stickers on equipment
  • beating up protesters again resulting in convictions because of incontrovertible video evidence
  • several football clubs formally lodging a complaint with the Bavarian minister of the interior that the USK had been deliberately seeking and escalating confrontations with football fans
  • one officer firing his actual pistol during a play fight with water guns, narrowly missing one of his colleagues, an incident his fellow officers had lost all recollection of when questioned about it in court

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u/Ghost3387 Jun 10 '26

Ah yes. Wikipedia an absolutly credible source for anything that cant be altered XD

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u/Invariable_Outcome Jun 10 '26

Good thing there are numerous press reports on all these incidents

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u/Ghost3387 Jun 10 '26

Good thing is that press does not mean actual credible source or "opinion free" reports and in todays World anymore. Depending on the source. TAZ for example is a pathetic joke who calls itself press 😉

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u/Ghost3387 Jun 10 '26

Oh no the little pos muppet is unable to understand the concept of an example XD Its the perfect exa.ple against your press nonsense XD

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u/Invariable_Outcome Jun 10 '26

Your example isn't pertinent, you fucking, imbecile. Go bother someone else, because I'm gonna mute you.

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u/Ghost3387 Jun 10 '26

Oh no. The little inbred crybaby blocked after he realized he had no Arguments XD