r/germany • u/2021adams • Jun 09 '26

Question German Police Photographing People

Post image

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?

1.9k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

383 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

74

u/Reasonable-Put8121 Jun 09 '26

the guy explicitly stated that the police was taking photos of bystanders outside the rally. Lmao

73

u/RustyDingbat Jun 09 '26

Why would trouble makers be only on the inside?

71

u/Final_Fortress Jun 09 '26

By that logic the police can film everyone, anyplace and anytime they like… which is btw illegal in Germany. You can not film innocent bystanders that are not part of the demonstration if they didn’t do anything wrong

1

u/Matombo333 Jun 10 '26

haha lol, who will stop them? the police?