Germany mourns the death of Rouven L. (29). The young police officer succumbed to his severe injuries on Sunday afternoon. A young, hopeful life—extinguished. Two days ago, he and his colleagues were on duty in Mannheim to protect a rally against political, radical Islam. He was protecting the fundamental right to freedom of demonstration and expression with his life.
The young officer intervened when a suspected Afghan Islamist attacked activist Michael Stürzenberger with the intent to kill him on Friday afternoon in Mannheim. He seriously injured Stürzenberger with a large knife before stabbing the police officer in the neck and head from behind, causing life-threatening injuries as the officer knelt, pinning another person down on the ground.
The first police officer to die in an Islamist attack in Germany
Incidentally, Rouven is the first police officer to be killed in an Islamist attack in Germany—and that is how it should now be classified. This is a turning point and should finally wake up the public. Police officers are on the front line when it comes to the catastrophic consequences of a migration and asylum policy that has been out of control for years.
Police officers have to experience the decline in public order, the slumification of inner cities, the explosion of violence in migrant communities and, in particular, the exorbitant increase in knife crime first-hand on a daily basis. And they have to witness how the problems are constantly and systematically downplayed by responsible politicians and the established media.
No responsible politician appeared at his bedside
Rouven L., whose partner sat vigil at his deathbed, was not visited by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser or Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann in the past 48 hours. This is a shameful sign that says everything about the status of ordinary police officers in this state. A particularly disgraceful sign from politicians who are always protected around the clock by loyal police officers.
Germany should now pause to mourn the loss of a brave, young police officer. And then, tough consequences must finally be drawn from a fundamentally misguided migration and asylum policy that is putting the peaceful coexistence and internal security of our nation at risk.
This commentary was published by Junge Freiheit on June 2, 2024. It appears here in English with kind permission.
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/the-beacon-of-mannheim