Just because something is legally defined, doesn’t mean the law will be equally applied and it’s not a conspiracy theory to point out the German government’s long history of unequal application of draconian laws that are used to target specific demographic groups.
The groups they choose to target may change as time moves on, but the tactic remains.
Unions should always back the due process rights of their members…
Of all the things to shit on Police Unions for, this one actually requires a conviction to be valid.
Until then, it is every union’s moral and ethic obligation to support their members as they go through the legal process.