Vom Polizeigriff zum Übergriff

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Exhibition

Date:
14^th to 28^th April 07

Place:
Foyer des Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte
Greifswalderstraße 4,
10405 Berlin-Prenzlauerberg

Times:
Mon, Wed, Fri 10.00 - 20.00
Tues, Thurs 10.00 - 17.00
Sat 12.00 – 18.00

Guided talks:
Mon, Wed , Fri 17.00 – 20.00
Sat 12.00 – 18.00
Further appointments can be specially arranged

Grand opening:
Friday the 13^th April 2007, 18.00

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Discussion

Stop and (no) go
Racism and the police force

When:
Friday the 13^th of April 2007, 19.00

Where:
Robert-Havemann-Saal des Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte
Greifswalderstraße 4,
10405 Berlin-Prenzlauerberg

Organiser:
Kampagne für Opfer rassistischer Polizeigewalt, Bildungswerk der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Discussion

Stop and (no) go
Racism and the Police force

Migrants, refugees, African-Germans and others who are defined by the State as non-German and are therefore particularly seen as suspicious, are frequently victims of ill-treatment by police officers. On a regular basis the victims are themselves classified as the perpetrators. Police officers stop people without just reason to do so and use this as the instrument which opens the door to them being able to voluntarily use racism and ill-treatment. Black people are all too often stopped without reason, admittedly they are not stopped because they are doing their job to check people but they are stopped because of general suspicions that police officers have of them. The victim is investigated if this incident leads to violation of justice because of their resistance, insults or physical injuries. It is hard to reufte the claims of the police officer and to rise above them, the actions of the police officer are therefore justified and those people affected by the violation are intimidated.

We want to discuss the following questions in the course of the podiums discussion “stop and (no) go”:

• Is racism in the police force only the problem of a few “black sheep”?
• Is violation only about single cases of neglect and the need for new developments in the police force?
• Can reforms within the police force limit racism there?

These questions will be discussed from the Campaign for Victims of Racist Police Violence (Kampagne für Opfer rassistischer Polizeigewalt [KOP]) with:

• Franziska Nedelmann (Laywer)
• Martin Herrnkind (Crime expert)
• Biplab Basu (advice centre for ReachOut)

Organiser:	Kampagne für Opfer rassistischer Polizeigewalt (KOP)- eine Initiative von ReachOut Berlin, Netzwerk Selbsthilfe e.V., Anti-Diskriminierungsbüro (ADB) Berlin e.V. und dem Berliner Ermittlungsausschuss (EA) [www.kop-berlin.de] Bildungswerk der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Realisiert aus Mitteln der Stiftung deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin)
When?	Friday the 13th of April 2007, 19.00
Where?	Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte, Robert-Havemann-Saal Greifswalder Str. 4, 10405 Berlin-Prenzlauerberg Tram M4, Bus 240 to “Am Friedrichshain”

Kampagne für Opfer rassistischer Polizeigewalt ...

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