GERMAN POLICE UNDER FIRE FOR FORCEFULLY REMOVING MUSLIM BOY FROM HIS FAMILY

Sat 29 Apr 2023:

German police have come under fire after a viral video showed a Muslim immigrant boy being forcibly removed from his family in the city of Bremerhaven, Anadolu Agency reported.

The video, which was widely circulated on social media, shows police and child protection agency employees invading a residence and forcibly removing a little kid from his family, while the terrified child cried out for help and attempted to resist the officers.

Family members were observed yelling at the authorities, claiming that the little kid had health difficulties, was distressed, and should not be taken away from them.

German authorities face heavy criticism as viral video shows a Muslim immigrant child forcefully being removed from his family in the city of Bremerhaven https://t.co/xIQ5SbaGSo pic.twitter.com/CyGccXi8Cy

— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) April 29, 2023

But one of the police officers was heard telling the family that it was a decision by the court and the Jugendamt (youth welfare office), and that they were there to carry out the court order.

Many social media users on Friday slammed the police for misconduct and accused the youth welfare office of unjustly taking their children from their parents.

Bremerhaven police confirmed that the incident occurred this week, but claimed that the video was circulated in social media with “false claims” about the reasons for the measure.

”The video shows a small section of a court-ordered measure to take two children into care,” the police said in a statement on Saturday.

“Taking children into care is always the last resort, and only happens for serious reasons. We cannot give any further explanations about the basis of this decision to protect the family and children.”

Earlier, some social media users claimed that the police took away the child from his Muslim family “after his school reported that the family was teaching the child that transgenderism and LGBT stuff isn’t accepted in Islam.”

The youth welfare office in Bremerhaven did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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