Listed below are people killed by non-military
law enforcement
Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules
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officers in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. Also included are cases when people died in police custody due to applied techniques. Inclusion in the lists implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The listing merely documents the occurrence of a death. The list below is not complete.
Statistics
The numbers before 1978 can not be compared directly to the later numbers. A list of police killings was first compiled 1997, and the legal limit to keep records is 20 years, so some files may have been destroyed. The numbers do not include suicide.
Cases
1920s
1920
}) occurred on January 13, 1920, in front of the
Reichstag building in Berlin during negotiations by the Weimar National Assembly on the Works Council Act (german: Betriebsrätegesetz). The number of victims is controversial, but it is without doubt the bloodiest demonstration in German history. The event was overshadowed two months later by the
Kapp Putsch
The Kapp Putsch (), also known as the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch (), was an attempted coup against the German national government in Berlin on 13 March 1920. Named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz, its goal was to undo th ...
, but remained in Berlin's labour movement and security forces' collective memory.
1960s
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1970s
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2020s
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See also
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Lists of killings by law enforcement officers
Following are lists of killings by law enforcement officers.
* List of killings by law enforcement officers by country
** List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada
** List of killings by law enforcement officers in China
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Use of firearms by police in Germany
References
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