A picture says more than a thousand words. In this case, the influence of visual communication on the political mood of the Stuttgart city centre is. Countless people have seen the photos and Videos that show how a masked takes a run up and on the floor kneeling police officer with both legs from behind in the back jumps. This scene touches people much more than statistics.

also, the Figures speak a clear language. According to the Federal criminal police office every day in Germany, an average of 200 police officers, the victim of a Crime. The Numbers are on the rise. Before this Background, the Minister of the interior of the countries have been drawn in Erfurt, an increase in the penalties for violence against police officers into consideration.

Shortly after they had decided on an appropriate test order, resulted in the baden-württemberg state capital, the brutality against police officers, which can now hardly anyone cold. So images can be arguments. You support the claim that the Hesse interior Minister Peter Beuth (CDU) advocates for years and, to date, only the part could prevail.

attack the System

It is important that the sanctions would have to follow on the foot, is the standard argument against higher penalties. The prevention is crucial, also. In fact, the rapid prosecution of the offences and preventive measures are essential. But it does not follow that the sentence would be unimportant.

If the Beuth calls for the increase from three to six months in jail, this is not about the simple desire to punish the offender in the future, just twice as hard as before. Rather, it is A three-month deprivation of liberty can be replaced under certain circumstances by the payment of a monetary penalty. Someone will be sentenced to six months, he is guaranteed to prison. This view of potential offenders to deter them to attack police officers, is a well-founded hope.

But the importance of this project goes even further. The increasing level of violence against police officers is usually not against the individuals but against the state as a Whole, against the “pig system”. The company must be clear about what it wants to muster to their defense, and what is not. Beuths Position, as it were, the DNA of the Hessian Union.