Why Cologne’s Police Shouldn’t Brag About Racially Profiling 900 New Year’s Eve Revelers
The scariest thing about the preemptive screening of hundreds of North African men on New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany, during the celebration known as silvesternacht is that the police announced it after the fact as if it were something to be proud of.
The announcement, which came on Twitter, also referred to the men as “#Nafris,” a derogatory term for North Africans that the city’s chief of police has since apologized for. But the chief made no apologies for the massive racial profiling his officers undertook that night in checking the identities of approximately 900 people.
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