Washington Post: Germans outraged by mayor’s advice for women after raft of harassment
The mayor of Cologne on Wednesday offered some poorly received advice to female residents of her city after a wave of New Year's Eve attacks that shocked Germany.
"There’s always the possibility of keeping a certain distance of more than an arm’s length — that is to say to make sure yourself you don’t look to be too close to people who are not known to you, and to whom you don’t have a trusting relationship," Henriette Reker said, according to Britain's Guardian newspaper.
Her advice, offered in response to a question about what women in Cologne can do to protect themselves, came during a news conference at which Reker issued her first public comments over reports from about 90 women alleging sexual harassment and thefts on New Year's Eve.
WNU Editor: The press coverage on this story is a few days late ... and where were the police? As for the comments from the mayor of Cologne .... they do not surprise me. She has (and is) one of the biggest advocates for an open border and to permit millions of refugees to come to Germany. She was even stabbed a day before her re-election last year on this very issue. The fact that there is now blow-back from her policies .... and it is now putting her in the spot-light as victims come forward .... has put her in a position that I am sure she feels very uncomfortable being in .... hence the denial and putting the blame on the victims. My prediction .... this is going to get worse. The majority of refugees who have entered Germany are single men and Muslim .... expect the cultural clashes to get worse.
More News On What Happened In Cologne
Cologne mayor's 'arm's length' advice to avoid sex attacks draws ridicule -- CNN
Cologne Mayor's 'Arm's Length' Sex Assault Advice Stirs Outcry -- NYT
German fury at New Year’s Eve ‘Arab’ sex assaults in Cologne -- AP
Groped between the legs and a firework thrown into a hoodie: Victims reveal horrifying details after attacks by Cologne 'African and Arab' sex mob as police say they are gang of distraction -- Daily Mail
A 'new dimension' of sexual assault in Cologne -- DW
German police face criticism amid outrage over New Year's sex assaults -- DW
Cologne sex attacks: Germany's De Maiziere criticises police -- BBC
German women share horrifying experiences in Cologne New Year’s Eve attacks -- New York Daily News
Twitter storm as Cologne mayor suggests women stay at 'arm's length' from strangers -- DW
Merkel under fire on migrants after New Year's Eve sex assaults -- AFP
17 comments:
WNU Editor,
As al the articles note:
"it's still unclear what happened".
The Cologne Police Chief probably has the best "theory" so far. "Large" gangs of petty criminals have been using the cover of sexual assaults on women, in crowded areas, like subway platforms, train stations, etc, to steal wallets, phones, tablets and jewelry.
I agree Jay .... I was not there but I will not be surprised if it was just a few gangs and petty criminals involved. But what is interesting about this story is how the media and the politicians are responding. They are nervous and feeling very uncomfortable. The Cologne Mayor's remarks .... way off base.
WNU Editor,
Yup, most of the Cologne Mayor's remarks were well "off the mark",
But I'm not the least bit surprised by how this is being used to further assorted "agenda's".
Remember the Vancouver Stanley Cup Riots and the assorted "bloviating" and pushing of agendas,
Until the VPD investigation showed it was a "planned riot", by half a dozen "informal" petty street gangs, designed to draw the VPD west to Robson Street while they looted shops on Granville St.
If you want to see integration problems, you should come and visit Sweden.
Incidents like these would never happen in East Europe ! If it whas in Africa or India it was understandable ...but in Germany ,not to forget the alarmant report from Sweden ! What the hell is rong whith Whestern Europe? They're forget how to protect their people ? Are they let other to dicteded theirs laws and christian values..is that how much tolerance is for some F..G desert babarians ? I am from an EU country but this is not the Europe i whant to live and not my children and their children children. Europe need s reset of all bullshit tolerance , if we can't doid maybe Putin will give a wake up call ca z where are to dumb to realize that we are selling our future .
Maybe they should make all German females wear a burka and that would solve the problem??
I have a friend in Germany and let me tell you she is plenty pissed off and looking for another country to live in and she's also very bright and anyone else who has even a halfassed brain will leave ie: "brain drain"
Merkel should resign in disgrace but i suspect she's forced to answer to likes of the drooling slimeball Soros et al .. seeings as we know they've had her phone bugged since day one and who knows what that old Stasi bitch has for skeletons in her closet.
"German police are investigating whether dozens of alleged sexual assaults carried out in Cologne during a New Year’s Eve gathering may be linked to a known criminal network.
Police said Wednesday they are investigating potential ties to a criminal network in the city of Duesseldorf, which is less than an hour from Cologne. "
http://www.wbir.com/usa-today/german-police-new-year-assaults-may-be-linked-to-crime-ring/11680210
"initially identified the suspects as up to 1,000 men "of Middle Eastern origin," but Cologne Police Chief Wolfgang Albers later admitted that he misspoke. "We have no information on the perpetrators," he said Tuesday at a news conference, adding "there is not 1,000 perpetrators."
The interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state Ralf Jaeger told the German news agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) that three suspects were identified, but have not been arrested, AP reported. "
http://www.dpa-international.com/news/top_stories/police-investigate-organized-crime-rings-links-to-cologne-attacks-a-47829553.html
Germany has long ranked in the top ten, world wide for rapes and sexual assaults, just recently falling from 8th in 2013, to 12th in 2014.
German rape and sexual assaults also closely follow world wide statistics, with most rapes and sexual assaults being committed by friends, siblings, parents and close relatives, (64%), dates (33%) and strangers, (3%).
If, once the case is investigated and prosecuted, it turn's out that the perps were Criminal gangs comprised of naturalized immigrant German youth, out unemployed Guest Workers, or Albanian or Kosovar criminal gangs,
Y'all are going to give up on your jumping to conclusions and fearmongering, right?
Of course not.
I can't believe no one has called you homophobic islamophobic racist yet ,for you comments .there for you are islamophobic racist homophobic .
You see how it works the left will try to shoot you speech by quickly call you racist.
It doesn't matter if you care about the future of Germany. Leftist all around the west are highly educated.
They can easily sell sand in the desert .
Play their game and be polite .
Nothing hurhur said was homophobic.
As for the rest, well, you called it.
Y'all know that #TrailerDaesh are looking for reinforcements,......
Jay
The Feds need to wait until this people leave and go home we don't need other Waco .
They broke the law and they need to be accountable for.
And I was just pointing out the other day that the federal government took the land of native Americans by force and killed everyone on the way.
Southern Oregon was belong to the Lakota nation and till now the federal government denies that .
Now right or wrong this ranchers have been push around because the BLM needs more Land . How much more land does the United States federal government does need.
Have you seen this picture before
Some idiots feeding cows in the middle of nowhere.
This people are at best trespassing federal property with guns which is a federal felony conviction change but they are not terrorists.
"Y'all know that #TrailerDaesh are looking for reinforcements,......"
Well now.
Si-vis-pasen etc, we should be grateful that we have a semi divine Jay eagled eyed watching for racism, yeehawism, and any other unseemly trespass that comes to his erring gaze. How is this super human ability possible? By the Farquharson dictums. Let us review them by analyzing Jay, is he a pompous, bullying ass, according to
Dictum#1: I can tell by what you post ("Your knee jerk responses and posting of FauxFacts, mark you as a racist.")....Yes!
Can you tell the makeup of an entire country of millions of people by local experience?
Dictum#2: According to Jay he lived for a time in the seething swamp of racism known as .... Milwaukee (there are other parts of the country that are going to just have to try harder).....Yes!
This was illuminated to me on a visit to British Columbia where I have never seen so many pompous bullying asses!
So as you can see Si-vis-pasen- we really are lucky to have Jay Argus eyed standing watch ready to hurl link and epithet at anything he deems as injust. We are but worms wriggling in the fundament of a god.
Well according to police conformation the perpetrators were non german speaking immigrants .. although i do find it strange that there have been no i-phone or street videos confirming this as far as i know..
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fdeutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de%2F2016%2F01%2F06%2Fgewalt-gegen-frauen-vorfaelle-aus-ganz-deutschland-gemeldet%2F
James
Your observations are remarkable like WNU pointed out,up to the smallest details.:-)
I like Jay I think he's brilliant.
Young, single, Muslim men from Syria and North Africa. Hmmmmmmmmmm... now, what calamities could have occurred that transferred their bad intent and groping hands to the streets of fair Europa?
Oh Qaddafi, how is it to be a martyred prophet? And how the fair crows crow that called for your doom to strut over your corpse. Crows, like chickens, come home to roost.
First off, it was a Treaty ceded Paiute reservation, not Lakota, Lakota are a Sikux Tribe in the Dakotas, not Oregon, and from day 1 the reservation was subject to illegal enroachments and occupations by the ranchers.
Notice a trend there?
Second off, they are terrorist, plain and simple.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2331
Third, they are engaged in sedition;
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-115
The difference is they are White terrorists.
There have been no charges laid, no arrest warrants issued for the Overpass and Bundy Ranch incidents, in 21 months,
Tamir Rice was given 2 seconds, not 21 months.
Now these Muslims on the other hand...
http://sputniknews.com/world/20160107/1032783191/canada-protesters-saudi-arabia-arms-deal-execution.html
It surprised me how much knowledge you have of native American history,
Do you hate white people?.
Before southeastern Oregon was called Oregon what was that region belong to..?liveral
Wikipedia can only take you so far .
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