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Yeah here in Germany you would be laughed out of the police station or the police would get aggressive with you and accuse you of committing a crime

JanSt 4y ago
Ummm no? Two weeks ago I saw a guy trying to steal a bike and called the police. Three police cars arrived within 3 minutes and they tried to find him for at least 30 minutes based on my description.
- bowsamic 4y ago
  Maybe it's a Hamburg thing then. Everyone I know who has tried to report a crime here in Hamburg has been interrogated and harassed by the police
  - Tarsul 4y ago
    there's a huge difference between catching the thieves in the act and trying to get your bike back afterwards. Actually, I have experienced both cases: Once my brother saw how thieves were trying to steal a bike and informed the police, who acted. Another time I saw my stolen bike basically 300m next to a police station and went there and everything they said was: We don't have policemen here who have time for this. And all I could think (I was a teenager then): WHAT? You are at the reception and not doing anything... I didn't think about stealing it back, though.... (both cases were in Bergedorf ;))
    - Eleison23 4y ago
- rolph 4y ago
  any idea what the price tag on the bike was? im in US and we have a threshold of value, beyond which it is a very serious crime.
  - JanSt 4y ago
    Pretty much trash, maybe $100
- xeromal 4y ago
  Ummm no is randomly sassy.
Hamuko 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-fn0yCdqHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-fn0yCdqHg Apparently you might get lucky.
908B64B197 4y ago
Accusing the victims or just flat-out covering crime seems to be a common practice over there, at least for things much worse than property crimes [0] [1] [2]. [0] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/12085182/Cover-up-over-Cologne-sex-assaults-blamed-on-migration-sensitivities.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/12... [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cologne-police-ordered-to-remove-word-rape-from-reports-into-new-year-s-eve-sexual-assaults-a6972471.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cologne-poli... [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35231046 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35231046

JanSt 4y ago

Ummm no? Two weeks ago I saw a guy trying to steal a bike and called the police. Three police cars arrived within 3 minutes and they tried to find him for at least 30 minutes based on my description.

bowsamic 4y ago
Maybe it's a Hamburg thing then. Everyone I know who has tried to report a crime here in Hamburg has been interrogated and harassed by the police
- Tarsul 4y ago
  there's a huge difference between catching the thieves in the act and trying to get your bike back afterwards. Actually, I have experienced both cases: Once my brother saw how thieves were trying to steal a bike and informed the police, who acted. Another time I saw my stolen bike basically 300m next to a police station and went there and everything they said was: We don't have policemen here who have time for this. And all I could think (I was a teenager then): WHAT? You are at the reception and not doing anything... I didn't think about stealing it back, though.... (both cases were in Bergedorf ;))
  - Eleison23 4y ago
rolph 4y ago
any idea what the price tag on the bike was? im in US and we have a threshold of value, beyond which it is a very serious crime.
- JanSt 4y ago
  Pretty much trash, maybe $100
xeromal 4y ago
Ummm no is randomly sassy.

Hamuko 4y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-fn0yCdqHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-fn0yCdqHg Apparently you might get lucky.

908B64B197 4y ago

Accusing the victims or just flat-out covering crime seems to be a common practice over there, at least for things much worse than property crimes [0] [1] [2]. [0] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/12085182/Cover-up-over-Cologne-sex-assaults-blamed-on-migration-sensitivities.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/12... [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cologne-police-ordered-to-remove-word-rape-from-reports-into-new-year-s-eve-sexual-assaults-a6972471.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cologne-poli... [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35231046 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35231046