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].

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