digitalcourage.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Diese Instanz wird betrieben von Digitalcourage e.V. für die Allgemeinheit. Damit wir das nachhaltig tun können, erheben wir einen jährlichen Vorausbeitrag von 1€/Monat per SEPA-Lastschrifteinzug.

Server stats:

823
active users

#bipoclivesmatter

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

Zum vorerst letzten Polizeimord an dem 21jährigen schwarzen Lorenz aus Oldenburg

passend ein immer noch aktueller Beitrag über Polizeiwillkür in Deutschland mit Nico Semsrott (Correctiv.org)

Unabhängige Untersuchungsstellen Fehlanzeige!
Bodycams, da wo es sie gibt, sind sie nicht eingeschaltet, angeblich aus Datenschutzgründen 🥴
Die Polizei, Dein Freund und Helfer ist und bleibt ein Märchen.

Jedesmal wenn ein Mensch durch die Polizei misshandelt oder ermordet wurde, setzen Politiker* und Amtsträger*Innen bestürzte Minen auf, bekunden Beileid und heben ab, dass es nun aber wieder friedlich bleiben muß und alles dafür getan wird...
na, Ihr wisst schon.
Ins gleiche Horn stoßen die Medien, die Kraft der vierten Gewalt in der Demokratie, die in den seltensten Fällen ihren Job machen, recherchieren und unbequeme Fragen den Veranwortlichen stellen, Aufklärungsdruck erzeugen.

Ändern tut sich so nichts, aufgeklärt, geschweige denn Polizist*innen angeklagt oder gar verurteilt schon zweimal nicht.

#Polizeiproblem #PolizeiEntwaffnen #georgefloyd #nahelMerzouk #blm #racialprofiling #bürgerpolizei #rassismus #Lorenz #justice4lorenz #Polizeiwillkür #Polizeigewalt #ViolencesPoliciėres #OuryJallloh #BIPoCLivesMatter #hanau #politikversagen #polizei #rechtepolizei

youtube.com/watch?v=Oc8Ksyy1rs

Fatal police violence in Oldenburg (Germany)

On April 20, 2025, there was allegedly an altercation outside a bar in Oldenburg in which Lorenz, who belonged to the BPoC community, allegedly used an irritant sprayer. He then fled and when the police came across him, he allegedly approached them in a "threatening" manner. He was then shot several times, whereupon he died.

The autopsy revealed that Lorenz was only shot from behind, including in the head. Shots that hit a victim of police violence from behind cannot be reconciled with a claim of self-defense at first or second glance. Apparently Lorenz was walking away from the person using the firearm and not "threatening" him.

A look back to the 90s

Among other things, the case is reminiscent of the shooting of a Greek citizen who was shot in the back by a Bavarian policewoman in Nuremberg on October 4, 1996. She claimed to have seen a gun, but none was found. The following year, she was sentenced by the district court to a small fine of 4,000 DM for "putative self-defense", i.e. a delusional assumption of self-defense. I mention this case of lethal police violence because it makes the standards by which the justice system measures itself particularly clear. Because two years later, a (different) Bavarian district court sent the singer-songwriter Hans Söllner a penalty order for DM 120,000 (no, the comma hasn't slipped) because he is said to have violated the honor of the then Bavarian Interior Minister Beckstein.

Call for a demonstration in Oldenburg

A demonstration is now being called for Friday, April 25, 2025 in Oldenburg to commemorate the death of 21-year-old Lorenz as a result of police fatal shots.

maybe you started following me because of my knitting, spanish lit, or dog related posts, but I'm also going to be boosting and promoting the experiences of those who aren't finding mastodon to be all kittens (or in my case puppies) and rainbows.

This place can't be a refuge for some of us when it is the opposite for others. #bipoclivesmatter #BLM and if you don't like what you're seeing, ask yourself what you're going to do to fix it be4 you weigh in on what they have to do to deal with it.